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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. What does Jo learn about Daniel?
(a) He was a Green Beret.
(b) He served in the Peace Corps.
(c) He can speak five languages.
(d) He is an award-winning photographer.

2. How did Licia let her husband and mother know that she was okay?
(a) She sent postcards.
(b) She sent e-mails.
(c) She telephoned them.
(d) She sent instant messages.

3. Where did Jo go to college?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Duke.

4. Who is Jo's youngest daughter?
(a) Sara.
(b) Sadie.
(c) Sally.
(d) Susan.

5. What name do Dana's sisters call the housemates?
(a) Degenerates.
(b) Nutcases.
(c) Scum.
(d) Dirtbags.

Short Answer Questions

1. At dinner, Jo feels odd because of ____________________.

2. When did Jo know that she wanted to be a veterinarian?

3. What does Jo think Eli's demeanor is in her office?

4. Who was the only other housemate that spent Christmas with Licia?

5. Who is Daniel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Licia seem to fit in so well with the group members who seem to have no real plans?

2. What are Jo's feelings about seeing Eli again?

3. What does Jo say might account for her feeling off during dinner with Daniel?

4. How well does Licia adapt to living in the group house?

5. Which characters comprise Jo's family?

6. Explain Jo's secretive life in Cambridge in 1968.

7. How does Jo confuse Jean Bennett when telling her how Jo knows Jean's husband, Eli Mayhew?

8. What do the police learn about each of the housemates that makes the police suspicious of them?

9. What does Dana think Licia might be when she catches Licia in lies?

10. What are some of the events that the author covers during a flashback of Jo's life?

(see the answer keys)

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