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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Barbara give the last Friday of March a gold star?
(a) Barbara receives a promotion at work.
(b) She has finally told Richard about the affair.
(c) Sheba and Steven have finally confessed their love for one another.
(d) She believes it to be a turning point in her friendship with Sheba.

2. How does Barbara first meet Sheba?
(a) Through Sue Hodge.
(b) During Mawson's "Meet and Greet."
(c) At "Parent/Teacher Night."
(d) Through Steven's parents.

3. Where do Sheba and Steven go on one of their "proper" outings?
(a) A cricket match.
(b) The Abbey Theater.
(c) The National Portrait Gallery.
(d) The Museum of Science.

4. What is Sheba's name short for?
(a) Shebalithia.
(b) Marysheba.
(c) Queen of Sheba.
(d) Bathsheba.

5. What does Barbara wish to speak to Sheba about at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Sheba's relationship with Steven.
(b) Her friendship with Sue.
(c) Sheba's attire.
(d) How to discipline students.

6. What has Sheba been hired to teach at St. George's?
(a) Literature.
(b) Pottery.
(c) Painting.
(d) Creative writing.

7. Who leaves the gift in Sheba's mailbox in Chapter 2?
(a) Steven.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Sue.

8. Where are Sheba and Barbara staying as the foreword begins?
(a) Eddie's home.
(b) Barbara's flat.
(c) Richard's cottage.
(d) Sheba's flat.

9. What does Steven's father do for a living?
(a) He is a cab driver.
(b) He is an architect.
(c) He is a plumber.
(d) He is a firefighter.

10. Why does Barbara believe she is the most qualified to tell Sheba's story?
(a) She believes she has been Sheba's closest confidant and has witnessed the affair first-hand.
(b) She knows Steven personally and has watched him grow up.
(c) She is actually Barbara's half-sister.
(d) Barbara has been friends with Richard for over twenty years and knows the details of their marriage intimately.

11. What does Sheba initially tell Barbara about Steven?
(a) He tried to kiss her and has a crush.
(b) He is needy and his parents are abusive.
(c) He is angry and disruptive in class.
(d) He has followed her home and fought with Richard.

12. Why does Barbara start to bleed at Sheba's home when she arrives for dinner?
(a) She fell on her way to Sheba's home.
(b) She scraped her knee under the table.
(c) Portia had scratched her arm before she left.
(d) Her new sandals are chafing at her ankles.

13. What happens between the two female students that Sheba is supervising in Chapter 2?
(a) They sneak out of class.
(b) They throw food at Sheba.
(c) They are caught smoking.
(d) They get into a fight.

14. What reason does Richard give for wanting Sheba to meet Ben at a particular place?
(a) It is convenient for him to drop Ben off there.
(b) Ben does not want to go to Sheba's.
(c) He does not want to see Barbara.
(d) It is far away from Steven's home.

15. Where do Sheba and Steven begin their physical relationship?
(a) In her pottery studio, behind the kiln.
(b) At Steven's house, on the floor beside the bed.
(c) At school, in the courtyard under the oak tree.
(d) At Barbara's house, on her porch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara consider to be Steven and Sheba's biggest problem at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. Why is Sheba so upset when she goes to see Ben in Chapter 8?

3. With whom does Barbara spend her Christmas holiday?

4. Why does Sheba's son attend a private school?

5. In the foreword, where does Barbara say that Eddie and his family are currently staying?

(see the answer keys)

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