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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 does Helen observe?
(a) James has a twitch in his cheek.
(b) Billy's shadow coming near James.
(c) James' memory.
(d) The people around them are staring.

2. Why is Helen nervous as she sets the table?
(a) She isn't sure where she is supposed to sit.
(b) She is feeling a little sick.
(c) She isn't used to modern silverware.
(d) She is worried that an insignificant detail will betray her.

3. What did Billy's father do to Billy's mother?
(a) He tried to save her in a car accident.
(b) He left her for another woman.
(c) He left her.
(d) He hit her repetitively with a book end.

4. What's unique about the diary?
(a) It's an audio diary.
(b) It's a video diary.
(c) Half the pages are missing.
(d) The author only wrote in images - no words.

5. What does Helen say when Cathy asks if she has been intimate with anyone in school?
(a) Yes, and she says Billy raped her.
(b) Of course not.
(c) Yes, but she won't give a name.
(d) She is intimate with lots of guys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy say when he answers the phone?

2. What does Helen like about the study?

3. What distracts Helen from learning?

4. Where do Jenny's parents want to send her to school?

5. Who does Helen call when she can't get through to James?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Helen goes to see James after her counseling session?

2. Why are Jenny's parents concerned about James?

3. What is Helen supposed to do with the journal in Prayer Corner?

4. Why is the food different now from what Jenny remembers?

5. What does James tell Helen when she sneaks out to talk with him?

6. Why does Helen think she is haunting this life?

7. Why won't Billy's friends hang out with James?

8. What does Helen notice as she wanders through the kitchen and study?

9. How does Helen cover for herself when she accidentally calls Jenny's father by the wrong name?

10. What changes after Billy and Helen experience his memory?

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