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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what is Bernadine outraged?

2. For what does Savannah long?

3. What is Robin and Michael's first evening date?

4. About what does Gloria talk to Tarik?

5. Where do Gloria, Bernadine, and Robin catch up with one another?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bernadine cope with the news from the divorce lawyer?

2. How does Gloria become a single mother?

3. What do Savannah and Robin discuss in the steam room?

4. With whom does Savannah travel to Phoenix?

5. Where do Robin, Bernadine, Savannah, and Gloria meet? Who organizes this event?

6. What does Bernadine first learn about John's assets?

7. How is John causing Bernadine more stress?

8. Why is John's decision not too surprising?

9. What does Bernadine do with John's things she finds in the bedroom?

10. What does Bernadine do with the rest of John's possessions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tarik's character goes through tremendous growth through the book.

Part 1) Describe Tarik when the reader first meets him.

Part 2) How is Tarik at the end of the book?

Part 3) What events throughout the book lead to this change in his character?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses a metaphor to portray Bernadine's life.

Part 1) What is this metaphor?

Part 2) What does it say about Bernadine's life?

Part 3) How does this affect Bernadine throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

Bernadine's children, John Jr. and Onika, are not very upset about their parents' divorce.

Part 1) How do they react when given the news?

Part 2) Why might be the reasons for the reaction?

Part 3) How does their father include them in his new life? Why are they fine with the changes?

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