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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. What is the profession of the person in #64?
(a) Student.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Bartender.
(d) Waitress.

2. Who interrupts Claire and Adam as they are talking?
(a) The waitress.
(b) Three girls.
(c) Laura.
(d) A cell call from James.

3. What does Claire do when a romantic story comes on television?
(a) Eats ice cream.
(b) Cries for hours.
(c) Throws a vase.
(d) Goes to bed.

4. What does the family like best about Claire's meal?
(a) The poached salmon.
(b) The garlic bread.
(c) The tiramisu.
(d) The chocolate mousse.

5. What does the person in #19 give Claire to drink?
(a) Wine.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Beer.
(d) Whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James say when Claire finally calls him?

2. What type of meals does Claire's mother usually feed her family?

3. What does Adam say to Claire that unnerves her?

4. What do Claire and Adam eat with their coffee?

5. Whose clothes and makeup does Claire use?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Claire arrange it so that she runs into Adam?

2. What news does James deliver to Claire in her hospital room?

3. How does Claire meet Adam?

4. Why does Claire keep putting off calling James?

5. What is the significance of the novel's title, WATERMELON?

6. How did Claire meet her husband, James?

7. What is The Great Terror?

8. How does the author show Claire's fragile state of mind regarding her marriage?

9. Describe Claire's behavior as she settles into her parents' home.

10. What date is important to the protagonist of the story and why is it important?

(see the answer keys)

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