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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the autopsy report show?
(a) Emily was definitely murdered.
(b) Emily may not have shot herself.
(c) Emily definitely shot herself.
(d) Emily died of natural causes.

2. When is Gus pregnant again?
(a) Summer 1983.
(b) Summer 1997.
(c) Summer 1985.
(d) Summer 1984.

3. What does Emily do when they are caught after Chris' dare on the Christmas trip in 1993?
(a) Tells on Chris.
(b) Denies that anything happened.
(c) Takes the blame.
(d) Runs away.

4. What is the name of the person that Gus finds outside her son's hospital room?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Selena.
(c) Barrie.
(d) Anne-Marie.

5. What does Chris reveal in an interview with Marrone?
(a) He knew that Emily was pregnant.
(b) He wanted Emily to have an abortion.
(c) He provided the gun.
(d) He wasn't even there the night of Emily's death.

6. What does the dog do that frustrates Gus and James?
(a) The dog has fleas.
(b) Vomits and wets on the rugs.
(c) Won't sleep outside.
(d) Begs for affection.

7. What does Marrone do about her suspicions about Chris?
(a) Talk to the prosecutor.
(b) She talks to Jordan.
(c) She talks to Chris' mom.
(d) Nothing.

8. How long have the Hartes been friends with their neighbors?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 25 years.

9. Whom does Gus find outside her son's hospital room?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A detective.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A lawyer.

10. What does Chris dare Emily to do one night on their Christmas trip in 1993?
(a) Scare her parents.
(b) Take a drink of liquor.
(c) Smoke a cigarette.
(d) Scare his parents.

11. What reaction does Emily have when she completes the dare that Chris prompted as a comeback to her dare at the sleepover?
(a) Happy.
(b) Neutral.
(c) She is upset but hides it.
(d) Scared.

12. What does Gus think of what James does during the dinner party when the dog acts up?
(a) She is neutral.
(b) None of the above.
(c) She is devastated.
(d) She is happy.

13. What is stressing Gus out other than the recurring dream?
(a) Her job.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her friendship with Melanie.
(d) The family dog has diabetes.

14. What does Melanie find out in mid-November 1997?
(a) Emily had bought a car for Chris.
(b) Emily had ordered a watch for another man.
(c) Emily had ordered a watch for Chris' birthday.
(d) Emily had an abortion.

15. Who arrives to dinner first at the beginning of the story?
(a) Gus and Michael.
(b) Michael and Melanie.
(c) James and Gus.
(d) James and Melanie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Chris?

2. Where do the Hartes and Golds meet for dinner?

3. What does Emily do when Chris is dating someone else?

4. What does Chris tell the detective?

5. How does Michael explain James' actions concerning the family dog?

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