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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 "weapon" did Lori use to kill the animal that "plagued her" as a child?
(a) An axe.
(b) A golf club.
(c) A knife.
(d) A baseball bat.

2. During the summer prior to Steven's senior year of high school, where did he work?
(a) Big Burt's Pawn.
(b) Cherry Lawn Farm.
(c) Smithon Vet Clinic.
(d) The city pool.

3. What month was it at the opening of the book?
(a) December.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) September.

4. What did Lori place on the back wall of a bookstore that she had visited with her father?
(a) Gum.
(b) A sticky note.
(c) A pen.
(d) A dollar bill.

5. Who had Lori made plans with, as a child, to be their maid of honor?
(a) Gail Kobre.
(b) Sally Wellington.
(c) Genny Stein.
(d) Franny Mitchum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lori and her friends drive to Turners Falls to try?

2. Why did Lori Schiller get fired from the real estate company?

3. Where was Lori's family moving to during the summer drive across country?

4. After how many years did Steven's mother begin smoking again?

5. What, in Lori's family's private language, meant a short haircut?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Marvin tell Nancy that they needed to keep Lori's illness secret?

2. Why was Steven Schiller really afraid of what had happened to his sister?

3. What were the three things that Nancy Schiller did before she went to visit Lori in Payne Whitney?

4. What did Lori Winters, in Chapter 4, state was the reason that she called 911?

5. What did Marvin Schiller learn from the late night phone call, in March of 1982, from Lori Winters?

6. What did Lori do on a whim while in college?

7. In Chapter 11, what were the two reasons that Lori was glad to be home?

8. According to Chapter 12, why did Lori state that she always listened to music?

9. Why was Steven Schiller angry that his parents had committed his sister, Lori?

10. Why did Lori claim that everything was great after she and Tara moved into Wren Hall?

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