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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. Why is Bernadine unhappy with her job as a controller for a real estate management company?

2. About what does Gloria talk to Tarik?

3. Who invites Savannah to the party?

4. How does John's behavior fit perfectly with his actions of the past several years?

5. Why does Bernadine sideline her own wish to open a catering business?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gloria discover about Tarik? How does she handle the situation?

2. Why does Tarik not want his father to visit?

3. Describe Michael's treatment of Robin.

4. How has Bernadine's stress level increased?

5. What is Savannah's mother's suggestion regarding Kenneth?

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

7. What does Bernadine do after hearing John's news?

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

9. What realization does Robin come to, regarding Michael?

10. Why is Savannah moving to Phoenix?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

All the chapters about Robin and Savannah are written in the first person point of view.

Part 1) What is first person?

Part 2) Write a brief summary about Robin.

Part 3) Write a brief summary about Savannah.

Essay Topic 2

Robin' mother and father are worried about paying for a nursing home for her father.

Part 1) From what does Robin' father suffer?

Part 2) What solution is suggested to them?

Part 3) How does Robin try to help them?

Essay Topic 3

Savannah notices a run in her pantyhose at the New Year's Eve party.

Part 1) What happens to the run as the night progresses?

Part 2) What does this run foreshadow later in the night?

Part 3) What might this run foreshadow later in the novel?

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