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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. How old is Helen Loomis?
(a) 100
(b) 75
(c) 95
(d) 82

2. What does Elmira prepare for the election day at the lodge?
(a) Cookies and cakes
(b) Posters
(c) Special brew
(d) Ballots

3. What does Aunt Rose buy for Grandma?
(a) Cookbook
(b) Dishes
(c) Herbs
(d) Pans

4. Who watches Douglas write in his tablet?
(a) Tom
(b) Father
(c) Grandfather
(d) Mother

5. How old is Lavinia Nebbs?
(a) 54
(b) 87
(c) 33
(d) 25

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom use to help determine the weather?

2. Which of the following terms best describes the relationship between Elmira Brown and Clara Goodwater?

3. What part of her body did Elmira Brown injure just before her husband returned home?

4. What tool did Lavinia Nebbs use to kill the Lonely One?

5. Which of the characters below is seriously ill during this section of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lavina feel on her lonely walk home after finding the dead body and going to the movies with her friend?

2. Why is Sam not surprised to return home from his job as the postman to find his wife, Elmira, hurt?

3. Describe the scene where Elmira confronts Clara and how Clara reacts.

4. How does Douglas help Grandmother to be able to return to the excellent cook she always was before Aunt Rose came?

5. What are the different views on Helen's death and how it relates to happy endings by Douglas and Tom?

6. Why does Colonel Freeleigh call Mexico City twice before he dies?

7. What is unique about Mr. Jonas' business with the junkyard wagon and horse?

8. How did Douglas finish his tablet entry and when did he make the decision to finish the entry in this manner?

9. What other relationships does Bill and Helen's relationship parallel?

10. What does Douglas wonder about his own memories and how they can or do travel?

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