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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lizzie asserts that there is nothing to do around the home of Catherine's parents, except for taking what action?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Walking around.
(c) Sitting quietly.
(d) Reading.

2. Sylvia asks Lizzie to take a job taking what action on her behalf?
(a) Writing grants.
(b) Grading papers.
(c) Answering emails.
(d) Taking dictation.

3. When Lizzie once took Eli along on one of Sylvia's excursions, they went to what type of location?
(a) A plateau.
(b) A marsh.
(c) A reservoir.
(d) A meadowland.

4. What is NOT an action Ben takes on Lizzie's birthday?
(a) Makes her waffles.
(b) Fills the table with presents.
(c) Finds her missing socks.
(d) Finds and sharpens her missing wayward pencils.

5. 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) 1945.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1711.

6. Sylvia asserts at her conference in "the heartland" that which creatures are "nothing particularly special" (58)?
(a) Humans.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Viruses.
(d) Poisonous snakes.

7. When Lizzie invokes a saying usually applied to the Holocaust, what creature does she use to direct the quote's focus toward humans' destruction of the planet?
(a) Elephant.
(b) Coral.
(c) Kelp.
(d) Sea anenome.

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

9. Lizzie reports that Eli's elementary school is made up of ten percent white children. What term does she use to describe most of the rest of the students there?
(a) South American.
(b) African.
(c) Mexican.
(d) South Asian.

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

11. Lizzie notices signs around the library suggesting that viewers take what action?
(a) Believe.
(b) Tell the truth.
(c) Dream.
(d) Breathe.

12. Lizzie tells the reader that her number one fear is "the acceleration of" (30) what?
(a) Economic collapse.
(b) Days.
(c) The ozone layer depletion.
(d) Glacial melting.

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

14. What is the name of Henry's girlfriend?
(a) Janis.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Joanna.

15. What products does Ben create at work?
(a) Instruction manuals.
(b) Microchips.
(c) Documentaries.
(d) Video games.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which state do Ben's parents currrently live?

2. What snack do Henry and Lizzie have with their coffee when they meet at the diner in Chapter Two?

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

4. Henry moves to which location in Chapter One?

5. Lizzie feels a "surge of" (104) what toward the very pregnant Catherine in Chapter Two?

(see the answer keys)

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