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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. Sylvia's podcast predicts what sort of future for humankind?
(a) A bleak future.
(b) A labor-intensive future.
(c) No future.
(d) A bright future.

2. In what location do Henry and Catherine get married in Chapter Two?
(a) The park.
(b) Lizzie's apartment.
(c) City Hall.
(d) Their own apartment.

3. Lizzie annually reads the diaries of which writer as her own birthday approaches?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

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

5. Which characters announce their engagement in Chapter Two?
(a) Catherine and Roger.
(b) Henry and Simone.
(c) Catherine and Henry.
(d) Amari and Eli.

Short Answer Questions

1. The meeting described in the novel's epigraph takes place in which state?

2. Lizzie tells Catherine in Chapter Two that there is a new bar in the neighborhood that is half-bar, half-what?

3. The townspeople featured in the epigraph of Weather: A Novel declare themselves to be what entities?

4. What is NOT an action Ben takes on Lizzie's birthday?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the significance of William Derham's 1711 quote, when viewed in the context of Sylvia's hope for the future?

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

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

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

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

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

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