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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. How does Ally first meet her boyfriend?
(a) He is her teacher.
(b) Through YAD.
(c) Through her sports activities.
(d) Through her friends.

2. In Chapter 6, how does Sam's daughter treat her after Sam tells her about the impending separation?
(a) She treats her extra nicely.
(b) She treats her normally.
(c) She gives her the silent treatment.
(d) She moves out of the house herself, so Sam never sees her.

3. What does Sam buy for herself as a treat in Chapter 8 to eat?
(a) Steak.
(b) Pasta.
(c) A whole chocolate cake.
(d) Soup and tiramisu.

4. What activity takes up most of Sam's daughter's time besides school?
(a) A debate group called YAD.
(b) Chess club.
(c) Lacrosse.
(d) Dance class.

5. What is one topic Sam is surprised to hear her friend address during her open mic performance?
(a) Abortion.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Finances.
(d) Disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam's husband do as soon as she tells him she is leaving him?

2. What kind of house does Sam buy?

3. What did Clara Loomis's doctors use to treat her grief?

4. What does Sam's husband do for a living?

5. In Chapter 6, what plans does Sam have for her house and her daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ally do with her secret boyfriend even though she has been cautioned against it many times?

2. What begins emerging as a source of tension between Ally and Sam early on in Ally's adolescence?

3. What is one way, as Spiotta puts it, to understand what happens to Sam in Part I in terms of the upheaval in her life?

4. What does Ally think about one day telling Sam about her secret relationship?

5. What is Ally's relationship with Lily like?

6. What is Matt's first reaction when Sam tells him she is leaving him?

7. What happens when Sam goes to a community meeting in her new neighborhood?

8. In Chapter 5, why do some of the youngest women at the activist meeting get angry and storm out?

9. In Chapter 14, what does Matt do for Sam that makes it harder for her to be angry with him?

10. In Chapter 9, how does Sam react to the woman on her porch?

(see the answer keys)

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