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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 does YAD stand for?
(a) Young American Dissidents.
(b) Young American Disrupters.
(c) Young American Dupes.
(d) Young American Democrats.

2. What group leaves a flyer in the front door of Sam's new house?
(a) NTE.
(b) LTE.
(c) RCT.
(d) RTE.

3. Who does Sam meet in a social media group that she then decides to meet in real-life?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Henri.
(c) Laci.
(d) Bridie.

4. Who does Laci introduce Sam who Sam is subsequently impressed with?
(a) SH.
(b) JH.
(c) MH.
(d) LH.

5. What does Sam's daughter misconstrue when Sam tells her about her separation from her husband?
(a) That she herself might be sick.
(b) That Sam is sick.
(c) That her husband initiated the separation.
(d) That the reason for the split is financial.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 14, what does Sam's husband ask if she has installed in her new house?

3. In Chapter 15, what famous fictional city is Syracuse the inspiration for?

4. What does Sam often drink when she cannot sleep in the middle of the night?

5. Where does Sam go sometimes to try to catch a glimpse of Ally?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why is Clara Loomis problematic as a historical figure?

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

4. What does Sam think of MH when she first meets her?

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

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

7. What does Sam do in the aftermath of the 2016 election that she has not done for a long while?

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

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

10. What does Sam do to try to keep in touch with Ally?

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