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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what period of time was the unnamed narrator an adolescent?
(a) The early Eighties.
(b) The late Eighties.
(c) The late Nineties.
(d) The early Nineties.

2. What adjective did the unnamed narrator use to describe her husband John in a conversation with her one-night stand?
(a) Oblivious.
(b) Fun.
(c) Nice.
(d) Dumb.

3. The man with whom the narrator had a one-night stand granted which of the unnamed narrator's requests?
(a) A moment alone.
(b) Room service.
(c) A private phone call.
(d) A massage.

4. At which location had Dominique first met Fran, according to the unnamed narrator?
(a) Their apartment building.
(b) Church.
(c) School.
(d) The grocery store.

5. Who told a story at the gathering about seeing an example of real love inside a Home Depot store?
(a) The unnamed narrator.
(b) Dominique.
(c) Fran.
(d) Sandra.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the unnamed narrator describe the movement of her mind during the gathering with other women in Fresno, 2014?

2. What kind of new lifestyle was John beginning at the time discussed in San Francisco, 2012?

3. What pseudonym did the unnamed narrator use when she told the other women about her affair with a married professor?

4. When the unnamed narrator tells the group of women about the professor's control of her, she tells a story about what object?

5. How many months did the unnamed narrator's affair with the married man last?

Short Essay Questions

1. What three feelings does the unnamed narrator recall feeling when John expressed interest in marriage counseling?

2. In what way does Popkey purposely mislead the reader at the start of the section called San Francisco, 2012?

3. For what reason did the unnamed narrator decide not to become friends with Dominique?

4. What is the setting of the section entitled Fresno, 2014 and which three new characters are introduced?

5. What object does the unnamed narrator's mother give to her in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2012 and why?

6. For what reason did the unnamed narrator make several attempts to commit adultery before she was successful?

7. What tactics did the unnamed narrator use to help herself summon enthusiasm about pursuing a pregnancy with John?

8. What worldview did Fran express during her tirade depicted in Fresno, 2014 and how does the narrator now view Fran's comments?

9. In what specific setting does the story told by the unnamed narrator in the section entitled Santa Barbara, 2016 take place?

10. When the identity of the father of the unnamed narrator's child is finally revealed, who is it?

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