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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. Catherine always arrives home to greet Henry and Iris at what time of the evening?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

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

3. At bedtime at one point in Chapter Four, Lizzie begins reading which book to Eli?
(a) Prince Caspian.
(b) Half-a-Moon Inn.
(c) Where the Red Fern Grows.
(d) Slave Dancer.

4. How does Lizzie find out that Henry has not been attending NA meetings?
(a) She waits outside for him to come out.
(b) She asks him.
(c) She asks his sponsor.
(d) She asks Catherine.

5. Lizzie officially meets the handsome man from the bus when they run into one another in what location?
(a) The cafe.
(b) The back-to-school concert.
(c) The bar.
(d) The university library.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter Three, Lizzie thinks of people who secretly keep what types of creatures in their small apartments, sometimes for years, or even decades?

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

4. Which items in the library are now always locked up, according to Lizzie?

5. Whose idea is it to embark on a day trip to Washington, D.C. in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. What detail does Henry share with Lizzie in Chapter Four that compels her to go to Ben with her concerns?

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

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

10. With which character does Lizzie have a second chance encounter in Chapter Four?

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