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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter Two of Weather: A Novel opens on which holiday?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) Labor Day.
(d) The Fourth of July.

2. Most people at Margot's meditation class want to know about what subject?
(a) Relaxation.
(b) Balance.
(c) Vegetarianism.
(d) Nirvana.

3. Lizzie spends an hour reading about the dwindling numbers of what types of creatures?
(a) Fish.
(b) Insects.
(c) Reptiles.
(d) Birds.

4. Who urges Lizzie to hurry up and get rich if she expects to protect her family from the effects of climate change?
(a) Henry.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Ben.

5. As the election results come in, what comment does Ben make to Lizzie?
(a) The path is getting narrower.
(b) The time is growing shorter.
(c) The world is getting smaller.
(d) The dream is getting distended.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what location do Henry and Catherine get married in Chapter Two?

3. Lizzie begins attending which types of classes in Chapter One?

4. The meeting described in the novel's epigraph takes place in which state?

5. Which character does Lizzie's mother warn not to watch too much political news that may be upsetting?

(see the answer key)

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