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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the teenagers most often feel when spying on the parents having sex?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Affection.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Repugnance.

2. How does Alycia make it back to the great house?
(a) On the same yacht she left on.
(b) On foot.
(c) By regular airplane.
(d) By seaplane.

3. How long after the rain stopped did it take for the flood waters to begin to recede?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

4. Who are the twins in the great house?
(a) Cain and Kay.
(b) Kay and Amy.
(c) Amy and Alice.
(d) Alice and Kay.

5. Which of the teenagers goes up on the roof to try to repair the weatherproofing there?
(a) Terry.
(b) Val.
(c) Juicy.
(d) Eve.

6. How does Evie describe Val?
(a) As a tomboy who does not say much.
(b) As a witty wordsmith.
(c) As a poor artist.
(d) As a great athlete.

7. Who built the house Evie's family and the others rent for the summer?
(a) Robber barons.
(b) Rockefeller.
(c) A group of Native Americans.
(d) A group of young student architects.

8. Where does Evie find Jen and Terry during the storm preparations?
(a) Making out in the greenhouse.
(b) Fixing the boats to the shed.
(c) Back on the delta.
(d) Hiding in the treehouses.

9. What had been added to the treehouses by previous visitors to the house?
(a) Watercolors.
(b) Radios.
(c) Metal roofing.
(d) Drawings, names, initials, and etchings.

10. When are the parents the most receptive to requests from the teenagers?
(a) Morning.
(b) Saturday nights.
(c) The first hour after a storm.
(d) The magic hour before dinner.

11. What does Jack think God is a codeword for in the Bible?
(a) Trickery.
(b) Magic.
(c) Nature.
(d) Love.

12. What was the only meal the teenagers were forced to attend with the parents?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Brunch.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Lunch.

13. Where is the only doctor in the house when Amy's injury becomes known to the parents?
(a) Out shopping for supplies.
(b) Back in Brooklyn, having left the vacation early.
(c) Swimming in the lake.
(d) Taking a nap upstairs in the house.

14. Where do Evie and Jack live when they are not renting the great house?
(a) Greenpoint.
(b) Inwood.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Brentwood.

15. Who is Terry's mother?
(a) A gym teacher.
(b) A gynecologist.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) An artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Terry's real name, according to Evie?

2. What are the parents doing when the teenagers get back from the delta?

3. What do the teenagers do with one mother's lipstick?

4. Where does Evie say they once lived early in Chapter 1?

5. What do the teenagers call the weed that James offers them?

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