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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. In Chapter 15, what famous fictional city is Syracuse the inspiration for?
(a) Atlantis.
(b) The Golden City.
(c) The Emerald City.
(d) The White City.

2. What building does Sam think is especially beautiful near her new neighborhood?
(a) The Lutheran Church on James Street.
(b) The Masonic Temple.
(c) The Co-op.
(d) The Synagogue.

3. What does Sam's husband drink when she and he tell their daughter about their separation?
(a) Water.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Wine.
(d) Scotch.

4. Which child of Clara Loomis's was rumored to be fathered by John Humphrey Noyes?
(a) Susan.
(b) Ethel.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Helen.

5. What does Ally remember Sam often criticizing about her as she grew into adolescence?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her studying habits.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam remember about her daughter during her first few nights in her new house?

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

3. What does Sam find unusual about Laci's friend's living situation?

4. What does Sam buy to sleep in at her new house?

5. In Chapter 6, what common expression does Sam come across in a social media discussion that she hates?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Sam end up meeting people she thinks are more like-minded in the realm of activism?

5. What is going on with Lily, Sam's mother, in Part I?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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