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

2. Chapter One of the novel takes place on the cusp of which two seasons?
(a) Spring and summer.
(b) Summer and fall.
(c) Winter and spring.
(d) Fall and winter.

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

4. Lizzie spends an hour reading about the dwindling numbers of what types of creatures?
(a) Birds.
(b) Fish.
(c) Insects.
(d) Reptiles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what location does the visit to Catherine's parents' home take place?

2. What action is Henry taking as he shares with Lizzie his fears about becoming a father?

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

4. 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?

5. How many days of school are left for Eli by the time Chapter One comes to a close?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sylvia?

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

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

4. What is the significance of Sylvia's explanation of the human response to applause in Chapter Two?

5. Characterize the relationship between Lizzie and her brother Henry.

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

7. Describe Sylvia's penchant for visiting sites with particular qualities.

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

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

10. What does Ben do for Lizzie on her birthday?

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