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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. Where did Karen attend college, as she explains on page 148?
(a) University of Pennsylvania.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) Carnegie Mellon.
(d) Cornell University.

2. According to Karen on page 138, what did Sarah do when her mother forbade her from going to England?
(a) She sold her mother's jewelry.
(b) She totaled her mother's car.
(c) She set fire to her mother's clothes.
(d) She assaulted her mother.

3. What skills does Karen put to use to help David?
(a) Her customer service skills.
(b) Her organizational skills.
(c) Her listening skills.
(d) Her technical skills.

4. How does Karen describe her relationship with Martin on page 205?
(a) As perfectly traditional.
(b) As perfectly okay.
(c) As perfectly common.
(d) As perfectly romantic.

5. According to Karen on page 234, what is her biggest problem with Sarah's novel?
(a) It embellishes the truth.
(b) It omits the truth.
(c) It publicizes the truth.
(d) It reveals the truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends Karen a bouquet of flowers on the opening night of Martin's play?

2. How does Karen describe therapy on page 182?

3. For what does Karen ask her father on page 195?

4. According to Karen on page 181, how did her mother treat Karen's memory when Karen was a child?

5. When Karen reads the original article on Martin's scandal, what does she learn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What personal issue has Karen discussed in therapy, as revealed on page 181? What does she reveal to the reader about this aspect of her personality?

2. What information does Karen learn from the article, as revealed on page 165-166?

3. What information does Sarah reveal on the night of the final play rehearsal? What is the effect of this news on David? What is the effect of this news on Karen?

4. What does Karen ask Sarah to do following their meeting after Sarah's book signing? How does Sarah respond?

5. What did Sarah and Karen plan after the English People returned to the UK? How did their mothers react, and what was the result?

6. What does Karen do on the opening night of Martin's play? Why does she do this?

7. How has David changed, both physically and emotionally, following his graduation from high school, as Karen explains on page 154?

8. What is the "Brotherhood" Karen discusses on page 150? For what is this brotherhood responsible, in Karen's opinion?

9. According to Karen at the start of the second section of the novel, what is the truth regarding the friendship between Sarah and Karen?

10. How does Karen act around Martin, as revealed on page 197? How might her comments indicate her true feelings?

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