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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. Who is Judy Toll?
(a) Bernadette's partner in college.
(b) Bernadette's nemesis.
(c) The realtor who sold the 20 mile house.
(d) The architect who was Bernadette's biggest influence.

2. What vocabulary word does Kyle use inappropriately in Part Three?
(a) Gesticulate.
(b) Angina.
(c) Procreate.
(d) Sheathe.

3. What tradition do Bernadette and Bee have around Kennedy's birthday?
(a) They always take a road trip.
(b) They always give her a homemade car.
(c) They always stay up all night watching scary movies.
(d) They always take her out to dinner.

4. Why does Bernadette renounce her other 16 visions?
(a) She promises Elgin.
(b) She gets physically ill every time she tries.
(c) She offers them to God to keep her baby alive.
(d) She injures her hand and cannot create.

5. What starts the feud between Nigel and Bernadette?
(a) She plays her music too loud.
(b) He calls her workers racist names.
(c) She goes through his dumpster.
(d) He refuses to move his construction trucks from her front lawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Elgin about the mudslide?

2. What instrument does Bee play?

3. What does Manjula get Bernadette for her seasickness?

4. What was the Fox/Branch home before they moved into it?

5. What does Part Three open with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Straight Gate?

2. What does Hillary Lourdes write to the Elgin and Bernadette about?

3. Why does Gwen Goodyear hand deliver a letter to the Westin?

4. What is Bee's full name and how did she get it?

5. How does Soo-Lin's impression of Elgin change over the course of the novel?

6. Who is Cliff Mass and what is his connection to the Prospective Parent Brunch?

7. What is the connection between Bernadette and the Green Builders of America's competition?

8. Why does the FBI contact Elgin in Part Three?

9. What is Elgin's reaction to finding out about the mudslide?

10. What leads to the family trip to Antarctica?

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