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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Henry moves to which location in Chapter One?
(a) Lizzie's apartment.
(b) Catherine's apartment.
(c) His parents' house.
(d) His friend's house.

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

5. In which state do Ben's parents currrently live?
(a) Florida.
(b) New York.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lizzie asserts that there is nothing to do around the home of Catherine's parents, except for taking what action?

2. 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?

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

4. Ben has a PhD in which discipline?

5. Who writes the words 'self care' on Henry's hand in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hell and High Water and how does Lizzie get involved with it?

2. For what reason does Offill include Mohan's opinions about the upcoming election in Chapter Two?

3. Discuss the demographics of Eli's school and how Lizzie feels about them.

4. What time of year is it by the time Chapter One comes to a close?

5. How do most students' expectations of meditation class differ from what Margot provides?

6. Describe the protagonist's immediate family as depicted in Chapter One of Weather: A Novel.

7. What is "looping," (43) according to Lizzie?

8. What act of altruism does Lizzie fondly remember from the night she gave birth to Eli?

9. What habit does Henry adopt when Catherine's due date draws near?

10. Who is Mohan and what is he like?

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