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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The hours are long, and it is a tiring job.
(c) 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.
(d) Her employees are shallow and fake.

2. How does Bernadine feel when she learns this about John?
(a) Not surprised and annoyed.
(b) Ashamed and fearful.
(c) Sad and depressed.
(d) Hurt and shocked.

3. What does Savannah feel has diminished?
(a) The amount of good restaurants in the city.
(b) Her confidence in herself.
(c) The amount of men who just want to be friends.
(d) The number of executive positions.

4. Why will Philip not be at work for a few days?
(a) He has the flu.
(b) He is going on vacation.
(c) He is opening his own salon.
(d) He has personal issues with which to deal.

5. What does Robin tell Savannah while they wait for Bernadine and Gloria to arrive?
(a) About her career and how much she loves it.
(b) The story of her friendships with Bernadine and Gloria.
(c) Her life story and her sense of urgency to marry and have children.
(d) Not much, because she does not know Robin well.

6. What does Savannah resent about the executive world?
(a) It is male-dominated and keeps her in a middle management position.
(b) How wealthy they are.
(c) It is not as exciting as she had thought it would be.
(d) That they do not take responsibility for their actions and put the blame on people such as herself.

7. What has Bernadine's attorney discovered about John?
(a) An extensive network of assets.
(b) He had been married before.
(c) He is married again.
(d) He spent all of his money.

8. What does Robin feel about Russell?
(a) He will make a good father for her children.
(b) Loathing and hatred.
(c) He will fire her if she breaks up with him.
(d) He is her last chance to achieve her dreams.

9. When Bernadine returns home, what does she realize?
(a) She has left the stove on.
(b) Her children will not be upset about the divorce.
(c) Savannah has arrived and the two old friends sit on the patio and talk until dawn.
(d) She no longer has a husband to deal with.

10. How does John's behavior fit perfectly with his actions of the past several years?
(a) He has been wanting a new career but did not want to disrupt his family life.
(b) He has been a womanizer who believes women are subordinate to men.
(c) He has always been a kind man who treated his wife like a queen.
(d) He attempts to achieve the life enjoyed by successful white men like Donald Trump.

11. What does John announce that jolts Bernadine back to reality?
(a) He will return in a week to pick up his personal items.
(b) He is moving the family today, so he can begin his new job tomorrow.
(c) He is meeting with his lawyer to draw up divorce papers.
(d) He has already quit his job and will begin looking for a new one today.

12. 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?
(a) She is in shock.
(b) The wine is stronger than she initially thought it was.
(c) She is sleepwalking.
(d) The Xanax begins its work.

13. What does Bernadine's therapist do to help rid her of feelings of sadness?
(a) Recommends talk therapy.
(b) Tries hypnosis on her.
(c) Suggests she speak with a pastor.
(d) Prescribes an antidepressant.

14. Why does Lionel use Savannah for transportation to get to Arizona?
(a) He does not have the money to travel on his own.
(b) He wants to get to know her better.
(c) He wants to spend time with her.
(d) He has no one else to travel with.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lionel tell Savannah he would like to ride with her to Phoenix?

2. Where do Savannah and Robin meet?

3. What does Savannah notice when she picks up Lionel at his house?

4. Bernadine is torn between wanting to kick John out and what?

5. How is Tarik's gang different from the Crips and Bloods?

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