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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes the words 'self care' on Henry's hand in Chapter Two?
(a) Eli.
(b) Lizzie.
(c) Ben.
(d) Catherine.

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

3. Lizzie sometimes brings what items to her neighbor, Mrs. Kovinski?
(a) Magazines.
(b) Pies.
(c) Books.
(d) Eggs.

4. Ben's hometown is the town of Hackensack in which state?
(a) Maine.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Delaware.

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

6. Lizzie discusses with Henry the rigid naming laws in which country?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) France.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Sweden.

7. What was Catherine's drug of choice before she got sober?
(a) Methamphetamine.
(b) Adderall.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Cocaine.

8. When Lizzie provides an example of Sylvia's current pessimism, she discusses a time when Sylvia gave her answer in the form of a quote by William Derham from which year?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1711.
(d) 1812.

9. Which character does Lizzie's mother warn not to watch too much political news that may be upsetting?
(a) Ben.
(b) Eli.
(c) Lizzie.
(d) Henry.

10. Sylvia told Lizzie during the excursion with Eli that, "Children cannot abide" (96) what?
(a) Waiting.
(b) Silence.
(c) Orders.
(d) Vistas.

11. Lizzie cites a study asserting that how many of the world's richest billionaires own as many assets as half of humanity?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 30.
(d) 6.

12. The meeting described in the novel's epigraph takes place in which state?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Connecticut.

13. Lizzie finds out in Chapter One that she has osteoarthritis in which part of her body?
(a) Her knee.
(b) Her wrist.
(c) Her thumb.
(d) Her finger.

14. At the end of Chapter Two, Mohan describes the United States presidency as which object?
(a) A flower.
(b) A cage.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A platform.

15. Lizzie has been trying for some time to get a hole in the fence around what location fixed?
(a) The library.
(b) The baseball field.
(c) The swimming pool.
(d) The playground.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often during his waking hours does Henry text Lizzie once Catherine is approaching her due date?

2. When Lizzie once took Eli along on one of Sylvia's excursions, they went to what type of location?

3. Henry moves to which location in Chapter One?

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

5. Lizzie wonders if Henry's new bride and coming baby will help her stop dreaming about Henry showing up and asking her what question?

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