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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 10, what has Sam recently experienced that worries her?
(a) Bad headaches.
(b) Heart palpitations.
(c) Blackouts.
(d) Rage events.

2. What does Ally do regarding Sam's communications in Part IV that really hurts Sam?
(a) Changes her own phone number.
(b) Sends back terrible replies to every message.
(c) Blocks Sam from her phone.
(d) Sends Sam one text telling her never to contact her again.

3. What does Sam think happens to her after the rally when she is home alone?
(a) She falls asleep and wakes to gunshots outside again.
(b) She trips and falls, but only scrapes her hand.
(c) Someone breaks into her house and hits her hard on the back of her head, knocking her out.
(d) She is shot.

4. In Chapter 3, what do Ally and Joe drink?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Beer.
(d) Whiskey.

5. In Chapter 6, what big change happens in Sam's and her husband's relationship?
(a) They stop speaking.
(b) They start having sex again.
(c) Sam's husband moves away.
(d) They start fixing up the house together.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, how long ago did Sam's father die?

2. How does the audience react to Sam's open mic routine?

3. In Chapter 11, what does the man at the YMCA tell Sam that makes her really angry?

4. What is the title of Ally's draft of her college admission essay?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Sam start to feel guilty about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sam see at the fair that shocks her?

2. In Part III, what exercise does Sam start doing and how does it make her feel?

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

4. What does Ally come to realize about the conflicting nature of her feelings for Joe?

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

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

7. What does the reader learn about Matt's and Sam's history in Part III?

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

9. What does Sam realize about the effect of her own love for Ally on Sam's perception of Ally?

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

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