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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) The Emerald City.
(b) The Golden City.
(c) Atlantis.
(d) The White City.

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

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

4. In Chapter 13, what does Sam think the competitive college admissions process is really about?
(a) Strengthening your marriage.
(b) Building a better relationship with your child.
(c) Bragging rights.
(d) Getting your children a secure place in society to ride out all the impending disasters.

5. In Chapter 14, what does Sam's husband ask if she has installed in her new house?
(a) A better water heater.
(b) Storm drains.
(c) Carbon monoxide detectors.
(d) The new tile.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of mother does MH tell Sam she is in Chapter 7?

3. What has happened to Sam's mother recently in Chapter 3?

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

5. How does Ally first meet her boyfriend?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what does Matt ask Sam to do regarding their daughter Ally?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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