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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jeremy meet Stephanie to discuss Sarah Jane's returned videos?
(a) Gregory's.
(b) Video Hut.
(c) Jeremy's house.
(d) Stephanie's parents' house.

2. In Part One, Chapter 8, where does Lisa Sample say she spent a short while before moving to Collins?
(a) Nevada, Iowa.
(b) Las Vegas, Nevada.
(c) Madison, Wisconsin.
(d) Ames, Iowa.

3. How is Lisa farmhouse described by Jeremy upon his first visit, at the end of Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Jeremy describes a house that is so isolated, he could barely find it.
(b) Jeremy sees that every light is on in the house.
(c) Jeremy describes her house as being large and rickety.
(d) Jeremy sees the house in flames.

4. Where do Jeremy and Stephanie meet up for lunch to discuss the video(s) in Part One?
(a) Greg's Coffee House.
(b) The Nevada Diner.
(c) At a local park, City Park.
(d) Gregory's Coffee House.

5. When Jeremy opens Video Hut, what does he have to do first?
(a) Jeremy has to check the lights front and back.
(b) Jeremy must power up the register.
(c) Jeremy checks the database for tapes overdue.
(d) Jeremy tiles slot returns and returns cases to displays.

6. What does Jeremy confess to Sarah Jane about watching the video, "She's All That"?
(a) Jeremy tells Sarah Jane that he saw Lisa Sample's house.
(b) Jeremy tells Sarah Jane that he saw a barn with people in it.
(c) Jeremy reveals that he saw people being tortured.
(d) Jeremy confesses to Sarah Jane that he saw a dark video with a man hurting a woman.

7. What is Jeremy's father, Steve Heldt, doing when Jeremy returns home in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Steve is watching a movie.
(b) Steve is yelling at Jeremy's mother, Lisa Sample.
(c) Steve is cleaning the gutters.
(d) Steve is making dinner.

8. What is Sarah Jane's first conclusion after watching one of the video's unusual scenes in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) Sarah Jane says that the video has to be thrown away and never spoken about.
(b) Sarah Jane asks Jeremy to burn all of the videos with weird scenes.
(c) Sarah Jane wants to put the video back on the shelf.
(d) Sarah Jane wants to possibly call the police.

9. What movie does Shauna say is an example of how people can edit and change things to make them seem more real?
(a) "People with Problems."
(b) "The Shining."
(c) "The Iowa Connection.
(d) "The Blair Witch Project."

10. According to the end of Part One, Chapter 9, how does Jeremy feel about his relationship with his father in the absence of his mother?
(a) Jeremy feels that his father tries to replace his mother with other women, and it is insulting.
(b) Jeremy believes that he should be able to leave his father and experience a life somewhere far away.
(c) Jeremy feels that they have created a comfortable space, where he does not have to think much.
(d) Jeremy cannot understand why his father insists on pretending that his mother's death is not that big of a deal.

11. In Part One, Chapter 11, what is the name of the movie that Jeremy and Steve thinks portrays family farms in an inaccurate way?
(a) "Targets."
(b) "Blue Chips."
(c) "Shed #4."
(d) "She's All That."

12. At the start of the novel, what lie does Jeremy make to a customer when she asks him why he is so tired?
(a) Jeremy says that he has to quit soon for a new job.
(b) Jeremy tells the customer that it costs four dollars for overdue fees.
(c) Jeremy says that he will become manager soon.
(d) Jeremy says that he fell asleep on the couch.

13. What is the name of the other video store Stephanie says she is going to visit after speaking with Jeremy?
(a) Collins Video.
(b) Nevada Video Store.
(c) Iowa Local Video Store.
(d) Hollywood Video.

14. What does Jeremy mean when he says he and his father eat at the dinner table, "like a family" (13)?
(a) Jeremy means that they are an incomplete family without his mother, but his father still tries.
(b) Jeremy means that his father and mother make him eat dinner together.
(c) Jeremy wants the reader to know that his father is abusive, but pretends they are a family.
(d) Jeremy expresses this sentiment, because he feels left out of his family.

15. What is the first job Jeremy's father, Steve, recommends Jeremy take?
(a) Steve recommends that Jeremy quit his job, stay home, and take care of the animals.
(b) Steve tells Jeremy to take a manager's position at Video Hut.
(c) Steve wants Jeremy to file for disability.
(d) Steve recommends that Jeremy get a job at a new soil/water labs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the movies played in rotation at Video Hut?

2. What is one piece of information Sara Jane does not provide to Jeremy and Ezra after meeting Lisa Sample?

3. What is the name of the counselor that Steve sees after his wife dies?

4. What connection does Stephanie make about the two of the videos at lunch?

5. What is the name of the company Sarah Jane calls to ask about the videos' edited scenes?

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