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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 book does Ally's boyfriend give her that Sam is alarmed about?
(a) The Catcher in the Rye.
(b) The Fountainhead.
(c) The Wingnut.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

2. What does Ally's boyfriend do for a living?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Artist.
(c) Property development.
(d) Accountant.

3. In Chapter 8, where does Sam go for an open mic night?
(a) The Club.
(b) The Hut.
(c) The Smiley Face.
(d) The Cellar.

4. What does Sam's husband do as soon as she tells him she is leaving him?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Says nothing.
(c) Cries.
(d) Throws a glass.

5. What city does Sam live in?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Syracuse.
(c) Oneida.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sam's husband doing when she tells him she is leaving him?

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

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

4. In Chapter 8, what does Sam drink for her night out?

5. Why do Ally and her boyfriend keep their relationship secret?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. Where does Sam work, and what does she do there?

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

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