Chemistry: A Novel Quiz

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Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How do the narrator's colleagues react to her breaking the beakers? (from Pages 1 - 30)

They refer her to a psychologist.

They have her removed from campus.

They pretend the outburst did not happen.

They rally around her in support.

2.

How does the best friend's husband react when the best friend hires a nanny? (from Pages 148 - 174)

He is so absorbed in his work that he hardly even notices.

He is happy that having a nanny will make the best friend's life easier.

He attempts to seduce the nanny.

He faults the best friend for trying to shirk her motherly duties.

3.

Why does the narrator like the Monkey King? (from Pages 175 - 211)

He is pure of heart.

He is an only child like her.

He is an example of a rebellious Chinese hero.

He reminds her of her family in China.

4.

What is the narrator's attitude toward the only other Asian child she goes to school with? (from Pages 109 - 147)

She sympathizes with his attitude toward Asian immigrants.

She feels sorry for him because he is cut off from his Asian heritage.

She resents him for acting like he is nothing like her because he is adopted.

She wants to be friends with him.

5.

Why does the narrator decide not to be honest with her parents about leaving the PhD program? (from Pages 31 - 65)

She would like to go to sleep, which she cannot do as long as they are angry with her.

She regrets causing them pain.

She has decided she might eventually return to the PhD program.

She still requires her parents' financial support.

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