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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. Where had Casey's mother moved back to when Casey was working at the bookstore six years prior to Chapter 1?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Bend.
(c) Flagstaff.
(d) Houston.

2. Who is Casey's friend Tara marrying in November in Chapter 9?
(a) Brian.
(b) Roger.
(c) James.
(d) Jason.

3. Who is Mary Hand rumored to have dated?
(a) Tom Waits.
(b) Rod Stewart.
(c) David Byrne.
(d) Alec Baldwin.

4. How many pages of her novel has Casey written at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) 237.
(b) 625.
(c) 206.
(d) 159.

5. 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) Reagan.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Truman.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom has Casey received a postcard in Chapter 11?

2. Who is Casey's brother's boyfriend?

3. What newspaper is laid out when Casey gets to work in the end of Chapter 9?

4. Where did Casey find her bike at a dump?

5. Where was Casey's mother when she died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What irony appears in Casey's first date with Oscar?

2. How did Casey's mother die? When did she die?

3. What happens that makes Casey give up on Silas before they even go out?

4. How is Mary Hand described? What is rumored about her?

5. Why does John approach Casey away from his table when his family goes to brunch at Iris in Chapter 15?

6. Where does Casey live? How is her home described?

7. How does Casey respond to Silas's messages in Chapter 19?

8. Where is the novel set? Why is this setting important?

9. What is Casey's history with golf?

10. Who is Oscar Kolton and how does Casey first meet him?

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