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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter One of the novel takes place on the cusp of which two seasons?
(a) Spring and summer.
(b) Summer and fall.
(c) Fall and winter.
(d) Winter and spring.

2. Lizzie annually reads the diaries of which writer as her own birthday approaches?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

3. Henry moves to which location in Chapter One?
(a) His parents' house.
(b) Catherine's apartment.
(c) Lizzie's apartment.
(d) His friend's house.

4. In which state do Ben's parents currrently live?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Maine.
(c) Florida.
(d) New York.

5. Lizzie refers to Eli's obsessive thoughts with the use of which term?
(a) Fixating.
(b) Skipping.
(c) Looping.
(d) Puzzling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sylvia asks Lizzie to take a job taking what action on her behalf?

2. Ben's hometown is the town of Hackensack in which state?

3. What term does Eli use to describe the phase of the moon when Lizzie points it out to him in Chapter One?

4. Henry gets a job working for what kind of company in Chapter One?

5. Sylvia asserts at her conference in "the heartland" that which creatures are "nothing particularly special" (58)?

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