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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 is the most insightful finding Jeremy makes about Sarah Jane's visit to Collins?
(a) Jeremy does not see Sarah for days, and when he does, she is disoriented and seems to be overtaken by another entity.
(b) Jeremy notices that Sarah Jane is uncomfortable and is only saying things that are surface, because they have seriously affected her.
(c) Jeremy sees that Sarah Jane is frantic, sharing strange stories of the farmhouse and the stories do not match the reality Jeremy knows.
(d) Jeremy still cannot come to a concrete understanding of Sarah Jane's involvement in Lisa's life and the videos.

2. Who does Steve claim to see in a clip from the movie that he watches with Jeremy and Shauna after dinner?
(a) Steve claims that there is a brief shot of a man with blood running down his nose.
(b) Steve claims that he sees his wife, Linda.
(c) Steve tells Jeremy and his girlfriend that he sees a woman tied to a chair.
(d) Steve tells his girlfriend that he sees a woman running down a road, and that they should not tell Sarah Jane, because it will upset her.

3. What beginning statement(s) does Steve finally write in his journal in Part One, Chapter 9?
(a) "Our son was so beautiful. He was perfect. A round little baby boy" (56).
(b) "I always try to stay level-headed in copy waters: that's what I'm good at, it's one of the things people know me by" (56).
(c) "I wonder if I can really tell you what it was like to lose Linda, how heavy the blow was to me" (55-56).
(d) "It feels dark a lot of the time; I thought it would clear up, and it's eased a little, but it's still dark" (56).

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

5. What does Jeremy see in the scene from, "She's All That" in Part One?
(a) Jeremy only hears a man walking across a room.
(b) Jeremy does not see the scene and is confused.
(c) Jeremy sees an older woman crying.
(d) Jeremy only hears heavy breathing and movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sarah Jane tell Jeremy that she should have called him and let him come to work late according to Part One, Chapter 3?

2. Where has Stephanie Parsons received her Master's in education?

3. Who is the first customer to greet main character, Jeremy Heldt, at Video Hut Part One, Chapter 1?

4. What is Jeremy's father, Steve Heldt, doing when Jeremy returns home in Part One, Chapter 1?

5. What does Sarah Jane take with her after briefly visiting Video Hut after not being there for days?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lisa Sample answer Sarah Jane's questions about the farmhouse and the woman in the snapshot? What does Sarah Jane think after she leaves the farmhouse?

2. What is an alternate version to how Jeremy's life unfolds if he does not pursue investigating the added scenes to the videos?

3. Why does Jeremy act casually about Steve having a new girlfriend?

4. How is the first added scene of the movie "Targets" described? Why is it odd?

5. How does the suggestion that Steve keep a journal from his therapist, Ken Wahl, help Steve overcome some of his grief from losing his wife?

6. How does Steve's date go with Shauna Kinzer? How does Jeremy feel about this new relationship?

7. How does Sarah Jane respond to the videos after she views them?

8. Why does Sarah Jane go to the farmhouse in Collins after viewing the videos? How does Sarah Jane know how to locate the farmhouse?

9. At the start of the novel, what is Jeremy's reaction when Stephanie Parson's returns a video?

10. In Part One, Chapter 6, what version of events does the narrator say happened, even though the novel says that Sarah Jane tells Jeremy a different story?

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