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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. Who does Helen try to cleave to next?
(a) A woman near a store.
(b) The mother of a girl on the bench.
(c) A girl from the beach.
(d) A girl James sees on a bench.

2. How does Helen feel about James now that he is her host?
(a) He scares her.
(b) She is tired of him.
(c) She cares for him.
(d) She adores him.

3. What happens when Helen tells her host about James?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He gives her a hug and tells her to go.
(c) He is furious.
(d) Nothing. He can't hear her.

4. Where do James and Helen go to find a body?
(a) The cemetery.
(b) The local school.
(c) The beach.
(d) The mall.

5. What is the name of the person Helen cleaves to?
(a) Verna.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Helen.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when her host dies?

2. What does the girl's mother read to her when she tucks her daughter in?

3. How does it feel to be in the girl's body?

4. How does the girl act at home?

5. What flash memory does Helen have as she sees a girl hiding a book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Helen help James when he finds the envelope in the car?

2. How does the connection with James almost send her back to the grave?

3. How does Helen react when James asks if she wants to take over someone's body?

4. Helen inadvertently kisses James. How do they both react?

5. Why is using James as a host so unique for Helen, and how does she respond to his asking her to haunt him?

6. Who is the boy and how did he get in the body?

7. What is so important about the third Sunday of every month?

8. Compare and contrast James and Helen's memories.

9. How does James respond when Helen asks if there are others like her?

10. What simple wish does Helen have as she watches James eat breakfast, and why is this important?

(see the answer keys)

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