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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 meditation class in Chapter Three, Margot talks about the difference between which two actions?
(a) Loving and leaving.
(b) Falling and floating.
(c) Gossiping and praising.
(d) Failing and falling.

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

3. What question does Lizzie say becomes ubiquitous online in the wake of the presidential election?
(a) Happy now?
(b) Why now?
(c) Why him?
(d) Why us?

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

5. What happens when Lizzie calls Sylvia back in Chapter Four?
(a) The phone rings and rings.
(b) She talks to Sylvia.
(c) She leaves a voicemail for Sylvia.
(d) She hears a message saying that the line has been disconnected.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lizzie officially meets the handsome man from the bus when they run into one another in what location?

3. After the election, Lizzie sees Lorraine yelling at their colleague for failing to take which action?

4. Lizzie describes Henry's reaction to his divorce by saying that he is "sad but mostly" (155) what?

5. Lizzie hears a rumor that what action was taken against a woman walking down Coney Island Avenue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what reason does Lizzie stay home during the three weeks of Ben and Eli's absence in Chapter Four?

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

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

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

6. Explain the significance of Lizzie's claim at the end of Chapter Four that she has "so many people" (192).

7. Describe two incidents that demonstrate Lizzie's concern about the growing feelings of hate in the wake of Trump's election.

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

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

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

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