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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. Why do Ally and her boyfriend keep their relationship secret?
(a) They just think it is more exciting this way.
(b) She is much older than him.
(c) He is much older than her.
(d) They are a mixed-race couple and they have been harassed before.

2. In Chapter 10, what park does Sam walk to near her neighborhood?
(a) Renley Park.
(b) Schiller Park.
(c) Herbert Park.
(d) Henderson Park.

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

4. What does Sam's husband tell her will just take time to improve in Chapter 14?
(a) Sam's efforts to get a better job.
(b) Sam's relationship with Ally.
(c) Sam's singing.
(d) Sam's weight loss efforts.

5. In Chapter 8, what does Sam drink for her night out?
(a) Gin and tonics.
(b) Manhattans.
(c) Water.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what kind of group comes to the place Sam works?

2. Who does Laci introduce Sam who Sam is subsequently impressed with?

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

4. In Chapter 12, what does Sam's husband update her about regarding Ally?

5. Which child of Clara Loomis's was rumored to be fathered by John Humphrey Noyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ally immediately think when Sam tells her she and Matt are splitting up?

2. Why does MH tell Sam she does open-mic night at the Smiley Face?

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

4. What does Matt seem to think Sam's decision to leave him might really be mostly about?

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

6. Who is Ally secreting seeing romantically, and why is this relationship secret?

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

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

9. In Chapter 13, what does Sam really think of the brutal college admissions competition?

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

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