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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. In what year does one scientific study predict that New York City will begin to experience catastrophic events due to climate change?
(a) 2047.
(b) 2036.
(c) 2024.
(d) 2089.

2. What does Henry have in his hand when Lizzie arrives to watch Iris in Chapter Three?
(a) A set of keys.
(b) Cash.
(c) A bottle.
(d) A knife.

3. Who repeatedly urges Lizzie to have a sexual encounter with Will while Ben and Eli are away?
(a) Tracy.
(b) Lorraine.
(c) Sylvia.
(d) Mrs. Kovalski.

4. Lizzie describes her texts with which character as "scrupulously chaste" (185)?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Ben.
(c) Henry.
(d) Will.

5. Which character makes Islamophobic comments to Lizzie in Chapter 3, prompting her to refrain from leaving a tip?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Mrs. Kovalski.
(c) Mr. Jimmy.
(d) Tracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the presidential election, Ben begins to construct useful objects out of what material?

2. What question does Lizzie say becomes ubiquitous online in the wake of the presidential election?

3. Who says hello to Lizzie on Saturday when she is at the supermarket?

4. What meal does Lizzie eat while reading the book containing sayings by the Desert Fathers?

5. Lizzie discovers in Chapter Four that Will makes his living in what field?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. To which historical event does Lizzie compare the U.S. presidential election of 2016 and why?

4. What solution does Lizzie devise in response to Henry's problem, as revealed in Chapter Six?

5. For what reason does Lizzie begin to skip meditation classes with Margot?

6. How does Sylvia react when Lizzie shares her plans for creating a 'doomstead' for her family someday?

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

8. In what kind of dwelling do Ben and Catherine live and what is the significance of this fact?

9. What purpose does Offill have in mind when including the detail that Catherine always gets home from work at seven in the evening?

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

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