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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which birthday is Lizzie approaching in Chapter One?
(a) 48.
(b) 32.
(c) 36.
(d) 44.

2. Lizzie officially meets Amira's mother Na'ila in which location?
(a) The library.
(b) The gym.
(c) The bodega.
(d) The bakery.

3. The adjunct professor described by Lizzie has been working on his dissertation for how many years?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 21.
(d) 5.

4. Henry gets a job working for what kind of company in Chapter One?
(a) Greeting card.
(b) Breakfast cookie.
(c) Protein shake.
(d) Accounting.

5. Sylvia's podcast predicts what sort of future for humankind?
(a) No future.
(b) A bleak future.
(c) A labor-intensive future.
(d) A bright future.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lizzie tells Catherine in Chapter Two that there is a new bar in the neighborhood that is half-bar, half-what?

2. Lizzie finds out in Chapter One that she has osteoarthritis in which part of her body?

3. Chapter One of the novel takes place on the cusp of which two seasons?

4. The back-to-school concert song Eli likes best turns out to be which song?

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

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