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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Casey say her novel is set in Chapter 8?
(a) Texas.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Chile.

2. Where was Yasmin born?
(a) Haiti.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Texas.
(d) Eritrea.

3. How old was Marcel Proust when his mother died?
(a) 34.
(b) 25.
(c) 19.
(d) 12.

4. Where does Muriel's friend George live?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Texas.
(d) North Carolina.

5. What does Casey say "rests more easily on men" (118) in Chapter 8?
(a) "Poverty."
(b) "Intelligence."
(c) "Age."
(d) "Success."

6. What color are Oscar Kolton's eyes described as?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Gray.

7. Who is Casey's brother's boyfriend?
(a) Craig.
(b) Phil.
(c) James.
(d) Caleb.

8. What river does Casey cross on her bike ride to work in Chapter 1?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The Charles River.
(c) The Hudson River.
(d) The Ohio River.

9. Whose business card do the Doyles give to Casey in Chapter 14?
(a) Carl Hickson Clark's.
(b) Lynn Florence Mathers's.
(c) Amy Marie Kennedy's.
(d) Marsha Brodeur's.

10. What did Casey's apartment used to be?
(a) A potting shed.
(b) A barn.
(c) A greenhouse.
(d) A chicken shed.

11. How old was Casey's mother when she married Casey's father?
(a) 26.
(b) 19.
(c) 17.
(d) 23.

12. What do Casey and the other waiters call Tony and Dana?
(a) The WDT Group.
(b) The CFA Group.
(c) The Twisted Sister.
(d) The Kraken.

13. Who was the ex that Harry mentioned that made Casey understand he was gay?
(a) James.
(b) Albert.
(c) Jason.
(d) Roger.

14. When Casey asks Mary Hand how long she has worked at Iris, Mary responds that she has been there since about what presidential administration?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Reagan.
(d) Truman.

15. Where did Yasmin grow up?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Texas.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Oklahoma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Alejandro from?

2. How old was D. H. Lawrence when his mother died?

3. With whom did Casey's mother engage in an affair at St. Mary's?

4. Who was the woman that Casey and her father moved in with when Casey's mother first went to Phoenix when she was young?

5. What book does Casey say John Updike told a woman at his restaurant that he "only wrote it because he didn't have any other ideas at the time" (120)?

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