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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 personality test did Casey's psych major friend in college practice on her?
(a) The Minnesota personality test.
(b) The Eysenck personality test.
(c) The HEXACO personality test.
(d) The NEO personality test.

2. Where was Casey's mother when she died?
(a) Texas.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Chile.
(d) Oregon.

3. With whom did Casey's mother engage in an affair at St. Mary's?
(a) Pedro.
(b) Javier.
(c) Jason.
(d) Juan.

4. 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)?
(a) The Centaur.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) The Yellow Road.

5. Who are the performers that sing at Iris in Chapter 13?
(a) The Kooks.
(b) The Kore.
(c) The Kranks.
(d) The Kroks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Muriel serve as the entrée at her dinner party in Chapter 8?

2. Where does Casey say Russell is now working as a tax attorney in Chapter 1?

3. Casey says in Chapter 1 that she has waited tables since she was how old?

4. What color are Oscar Kolton's eyes described as?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Casey say to the doctors that makes them uncomfortable in Chapter 6?

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

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

5. Who is Adam and how is he described?

6. Who is Muriel? How is she described?

7. What led to Casey's heartbreak over Luke?

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

9. Why is Casey reluctant to pass her manuscript along to Muriel?

10. From what narrative perspective is the story related? Why is this important?

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