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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month is it at the beginning of the novel?
(a) December.
(b) February.
(c) March.
(d) January.

2. In Chapter 4, how much does Elizabeth's husband get paid for a job?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $1,200.
(c) $750.
(d) $500.

3. What is the longest thing that Elizabeth's students have written in Chapter 2?
(a) 50 paragraphs.
(b) 2 pages.
(c) 20 paragraphs.
(d) 3 pages.

4. How much younger is Elizabeth's sister than she is?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 years.

5. Where does Elizabeth go when the crisis with her older daughter is solved in Chapter 1 before she gets to the school?
(a) Metropolitan.
(b) Guggenheim.
(c) Cooper Hewitt.
(d) MoMA.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many car accidents did Elizabeth have in four days when she was a junior in high school?

2. When Elizabeth and Sasha spent a summer together when they were 19 and 20, what type of bar did they always go to?

3. When Elizabeth and her husband are at bankruptcy court, how much did a man borrow on his house to open a salad bar and deli?

4. How pregnant was Elizabeth with the four-year-old when she was told she did not have enough amniotic fluid?

5. In Chapter 4, what do Elizabeth and the Chilean split to eat when they meet at a restaurant on West Tenth Street in the middle of the day?

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