Educated: A Memoir

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. In Chapter 4, Westover details a family trip to Arizona that ends with a near-fatal car accident. This anecdote best displays which of the following character traits?

A) Mother’s naiveté.

B) Father’s stubbornness.

C) Grandma’s obliviousness.

D) Westover’s immaturity.

2. How did Westover escape from the Y2K preparations her father was making to ready the family for the Days of Abomination?

A) She would walk in the woods.

B) She would read her favorite book, Emma.

C) She would attend rehearsals for Annie.

D) She would play hide-and-seek with neighborhood kids.

3. Which of the following moments from Chapter 10 foreshadows the demise of the relationship between Westover and Shawn?

A) When Shawn calls out to Faye: “Tara’s as hot-headed as a kettle.”

B) When Shawn “fixes” Westover’s neck by violently jerking it.

C) When Shawn refuses to give Westover her pillow back.

D) When Shawn lets Westover’s gelding loose.

4. When Westover is first introduced to the Internet in Chapter 14, she uses it primarily to do what?

A) Research if her brother Shawn has a record with the police.

B) Send emails to her long-lost love, Charles.

C) Chat on AIM instant messenger with her friends.

D) Research colleges, especially BYU.