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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Sea anenome.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Coral.
(d) Kelp.

2. Lizzie begins attending which types of classes in Chapter One?
(a) French.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Barre.
(d) Yoga.

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

4. What does Eli normally call Lizzie?
(a) Lizzie.
(b) Mom.
(c) Mama.
(d) Mother.

5. In what location does the visit to Catherine's parents' home take place?
(a) Elmwood.
(b) Birchwood.
(c) Firwood.
(d) Maplewood.

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

7. Lizzie tells Catherine in Chapter Two that there is a new bar in the neighborhood that is half-bar, half-what?
(a) Guitar shop.
(b) Bookstore.
(c) Cigar store.
(d) Barber shop.

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

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

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

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

12. Henry worries about the meaning of a photograph of a man carrying his child on his back over how many miles?
(a) 8.
(b) 26.
(c) 12.
(d) 34.

13. Lizzie notices that spikes have been installed at the top of the the playground fence to keep out what creatures?
(a) Seagulls.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Sparrows.
(d) Rats.

14. The townspeople featured in the epigraph of Weather: A Novel declare themselves to be what entities?
(a) Demons.
(b) Tycoons.
(c) Angels.
(d) Saints.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ben has a PhD in which discipline?

2. Lizzie tells Ben in Chapter Two about a phenomenon called "climate" (100) what?

3. Which birthday is Lizzie approaching in Chapter One?

4. Which element is NOT a part of Eli's bedtime routine?

5. Lizzie takes comfort in her realization that "No one's worrying about" (18) what celestial object?

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