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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Marilyn rent an efficiency apartment in Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 1, what time did Hannah remember a door closing in the night and a figure crossing the lawn?

3. In Chapter 5, what does Hannah pull from underneath Lydia's bed?

4. What does Marilyn do in Chapter 5 after James leaves for his ten o'clock class?

5. How tall was Lydia?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways do Marilyn and Lydia look alike?

2. What did James realize after Marilyn disappeared?

3. Why did James insist on a closed casket?

4. Who was Tom Lawson, and what did Marilyn ask him at one of James' college Christmas parties?

5. What was it like at the lake when the whole family went?

6. How does Hannah feel about Lydia leaving and how might she have felt if she knew about her mother's disappearance?

7. In Chapter 1, what does Marilyn find when she goes to Lydia's room?

8. What did the local newspaper say about Lydia after her funeral?

9. Why didn't the principal at Marilyn's high school want her to take shop?

10. What is the cemetery like in MIddlewood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marilyn returns home after many weeks. How did Marilyn feel about being gone from her family while she was gone and why did she finally return?

Essay Topic 2

The members of the Lee family try to find answers for Lydia's death. How does each family member view Lydia differently and how does that affect their view of the reason for her death?

Essay Topic 3

James and Marilyn fight about Lydia's death. Why are they so frustrated with one another and how the other person is handling Lydia's death?

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