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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. What snack do Henry and Lizzie have with their coffee when they meet at the diner in Chapter Two?
(a) Fries.
(b) Pie.
(c) Cake.
(d) Sandwiches.

2. Lizzie states that it is harder for her to travel far from home during which season?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

3. Lizzie wonders if Henry's new bride and coming baby will help her stop dreaming about Henry showing up and asking her what question?
(a) Lizzie, can I have some money?
(b) Lizzie, can you call Mom?
(c) Lizzie, am I alive?
(d) Lizzie, can I die here?

4. 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) 1711.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1812.

5. Lizzie reports that her "crankiest" (19) patrons are which people?
(a) Professors.
(b) Parents.
(c) Guest speakers.
(d) Students.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which characters announce their engagement in Chapter Two?

2. Lizzie has been trying for some time to get a hole in the fence around what location fixed?

3. Chapter Two of Weather: A Novel opens on which holiday?

4. Lizzie officially meets Amira's mother Na'ila in which location?

5. Sylvia's podcast predicts what sort of future for humankind?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss an instance when the motif of dreams enters the narrative of Chapter Two.

2. What does the moth from Madagascar symbolize and why?

3. In what location does the narrative of Weather: A Novel take place?

4. For what reason does Lizzie go on fewer trips with Sylvia in the summer?

5. What is the significance of the scene in which Eli and Lizzie gaze at the moon together in Chapter One?

6. Who is Sylvia?

7. Who is Mohan and what is he like?

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

9. What new development occurs in Henry's life in Chapter One?

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

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