1. Why does Tarik apologize to his mother?
(a) For not coming home to see his father.
(b) For arguing with her.
(c) For not coming home.
(d) For dropping out of school.

2. Why is Bernadine unhappy with her job as a controller for a real estate management company?
(a) She does not feel adequately trained for the job.
(b) Her employees are shallow and fake.
(c) The hours are long, and it is a tiring job.
(d) The job denies her creative talents and plunges her into even more stress of working full time and taking care of the kids and the house.

3. What does Robin do when the tires on her car are slit one day?
(a) She calls the police.
(b) She kicks Russell out of her home.
(c) She finds the strange woman.
(d) She replaces the tires.

4. From whom does Tarik tell Gloria that she had some phone calls?
(a) David.
(b) Michael.
(c) Bernadine.
(d) Robin and Philip.

5. What does Bernadine do with John's clothes and his car?
(a) Puts them out on the street for sale.
(b) Drenches the clothing and the car in lighter fluid, throws a match inside the car.
(c) Drives the car and the clothes in the river.
(d) Puts them in the garage.

Short Answer Questions

1. The attorney tells Bernadine that John had sold his partnership in the software company for only three thousand dollars and is now a regular salaried employee making eighty thousand dollars. How much had a previously been making?

2. How long has Russell been Robin Stokes' boyfriend?

3. Why does Bernadine not remember leaving her two small children asleep in their beds and has a difficult time remembering how to get back home?

4. What does she tell her mother is the reason for leaving the children there?

5. How does Bernadine's mother, Geneva, feel about the excuse her daughter gives for leaving her children with her?

(see the answer key)

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