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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 2, how many pairs of tights and shirts does Elizabeth put on to go running?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. In Chapter 3, how many miles does Elizabeth walk home instead of taking the train?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

3. Which Patrick Modiano book is Elizabeth reading in Chapter 1?
(a) Paris Nocturne.
(b) Missing Person.
(c) Invisible Ink.
(d) In the Cafe of Lost Youth.

4. In Chapter 1, what time does Elizabeth's alarm go off on weekedays?
(a) 5:30.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4:30.

5. On the day that Elizabeth and her husband go to bankruptcy court, how far does Elizabeth run?
(a) 17 miles.
(b) 11 miles.
(c) 8 miles.
(d) 15 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles does Elizabeth run at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 3, how long has it been since Elizabeth and her husband have been to Florida?

3. What time does Elizabeth remember that her family always sat down for dinner?

4. How old is Sasha at the beginning of the novel?

5. What grew outside the house where Elizabeth lived when she was 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elizabeth do on Thursday nights and why?

2. In Chapter 2, why does Elizabeth skip a run, and what does she try to do instead?

3. In Chapter 1, what is Elizabeth's commute to work like?

4. In Chapter 3, how far does Elizabeth run and how does she feel afterwards?

5. Who is Elizabeth's favorite neighbor in her apartment building?

6. Why does the principal call Elizabeth into a meeting in Chapter 3?

7. What do Elizabeth and Sasha do after the party in 2000?

8. What does Elizabeth find different about what is taken for granted about her students and what was taken for granted about her and other students at her white, and wealthy public school?

9. What does Elizabeth think of her co-teacher?

10. What type of party did Elizabeth and Sasha throw?

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