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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 MH tell Sam that pursuing her complaint against the police will result in?
(a) In Sam losing her house.
(b) In Sam's being a target.
(c) In Sam being kicked out of her activist groups.
(d) In Sam making Ally hate her even more.

2. How does the audience react to Sam's open mic routine?
(a) They do not really react.
(b) They boo her.
(c) There is no real audience there to react.
(d) They love her routine.

3. Why did Ally go to the hospital when she was 15?
(a) Her diabetes was acting up.
(b) She broke her leg.
(c) She threw up in lacrosse practice.
(d) She fainted during a test at school.

4. In Chapter 16, what does Laci ask Sam to sign for her?
(a) An autograph.
(b) A petition barring MH from their group.
(c) A check.
(d) A petition so she can be a candidate in an election.

5. Who does Sam tell about the incident in the YMCA that made her really angry?
(a) MH.
(b) Laci.
(c) Ally.
(d) Lily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam's husband say she should get in her house in Chapter 9?

2. Where do Sam and her husband meet for the very first time?

3. Whose portrait is in the stained-glass window in Joe's new project?

4. Who is Lily's dog?

5. What does Sam think happens to her after the rally when she is home alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what does Sam witness that greatly disturbs her?

2. What are some of Sam's happiest memories of being with Lily and Ally?

3. What does Sam think is a bit unseemly about the general American obsession with physical optimization and self-improvement in Part III?

4. Why does Sam decide not to confront Ally at the fair?

5. When does Sam feel an intense wave of loneliness in Part III?

6. Why is Sam's open mic night such a terrible disaster?

7. Why did Ally end up in the ER when she was 15?

8. What is the first of Sam's so-called "rage events"?

9. Who does Sam call for advice about how to handle what she sees the police do in Part III and why?

10. What does Ally think about the likelihood of her father figuring out her affair?

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