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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 and Mrs. Kovinski begin to avoid one another after Lizze says that she will no longer listen to what kind of speech from Mrs. Kovinski?
(a) Negative.
(b) Profane.
(c) Gossipy.
(d) Hate.

2. In what location does Lizzie chant once she stops attending meditation classes?
(a) On the roof.
(b) The shower.
(c) In the basement.
(d) The bedroom.

3. In what type of abode do Henry and Catherine live with Iris?
(a) A studio apartment.
(b) A house.
(c) A brownstone.
(d) A hotel.

4. Which character tries to convince Lizzie that she will be unable to save her family in the face of the destruction caused by climate change?
(a) Ben.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Margot.
(d) Henry.

5. Who dreams that people find Henry's written visions about Iris?
(a) Lizzie and Henry.
(b) Ben.
(c) Henry.
(d) Lizzie.

Short Answer Questions

1. While her family is away, Lizzie spends a lot of time at which former workplace?

2. Henry confesses to Lizzie in Chapter Three that he is having bad thoughts about which character?

3. What does Henry have in his hand when Lizzie arrives to watch Iris in Chapter Three?

4. Which of the following actions does Henry NOT take within Chapter Four?

5. Sylvia decides to move to "the darkest place in America," (151) which reportedly is located in which state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What political event has just occurred when Chapter Three begins?

2. Discuss an instance when Offill uses a literary device to illustrate some aspect of the sibling relationship between Ben and Lizzie.

3. For what reason does Offill allude to C.S. Lewis's novel Prince Caspian in Chapter Four?

4. What drastic step does Sylvia decide to take in Chapter Four?

5. What is "milling" (129) in the context of the field called Disaster Psychology?

6. What do the keys featured in Chapter Three symbolize?

7. How does Ben feel about the results of the election and how does Offill provide this information to the reader?

8. For what reason are Ben and Will away from home for three weeks during Chapter Four?

9. Who asks Lizzie to name her fears in Chapter Four and what three elements of life does she name?

10. In what way does Offill use the character of Lorraine to demonstrate the frustration felt by many Americans in the wake of the 2016 election?

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