The document defines different marital statuses: married, cohabitating, single, separated, divorced, widow, and widower. It then provides a short text with blanks to fill in regarding different characters' marital statuses based on clues provided, such as Kitty being married, Ed and Gary being recently divorced, Amy and Cheryl being married with husbands named Charlie, Susanne likely being married based on her accent, Tom being single and never married, and Pat Jones being a widow since her husband died last year.