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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Miriam take from the boat after she found the boy's body?
(a) Key.
(b) Bracelet.
(c) Ring.
(d) Earring.

2. How old was Daniel when he learned to talk?
(a) 2 1/2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 3 1/2.

3. How long after Theo and Carla married did he publish a tragicomedy set in a Sicilian town?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 3 years.

4. In Chapter 9, who is waiting at the bookshop when Miriam arrives?
(a) Laura.
(b) Carla Myerson.
(c) Theo Myerson.
(d) Irene Barnes.

5. What time did Miriam discover the boy's body?
(a) 7:30 a.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 8 a.m.
(d) 5:30 a.m.

6. Who is the first person Laura tries to call in Chapter 1?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

7. Who is reading the story in the Prologue?
(a) Irene.
(b) Anna.
(c) Lucille.
(d) Brenda.

8. How many surgeries did Laura have to have after her car accident?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

9. When did Theo see a girl pass his house who had blood on her?
(a) Friday around 6 p.m.
(b) Saturday around 6 a.m.
(c) Friday around 8 p.m.
(d) Saturday around 9 a.m.

10. On page 80, how does the girl get away?
(a) Crawls through a tunnel.
(b) Breaks a window.
(c) Climbs down a tree.
(d) Jumps from a balcony.

11. How long after Ben's death did Carla see her sister in secret?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 30 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

12. Where does Laura have a cut in Chapter 1?
(a) Shoulder.
(b) Face.
(c) Arm.
(d) Hand.

13. Who does Miriam remember visited the boy?
(a) A young woman about his age.
(b) Some men and women his age.
(c) A woman with gray hair who might have been in her 50s.
(d) Some young men his age.

14. Who did Laura stab with a form?
(a) Rob Davis.
(b) Matt Colson.
(c) Warren Lacey.
(d) Bob Williams.

15. In the Prologue, what is the girl's breath compared to?
(a) Someone doing an aerobic workout.
(b) Panting fox.
(c) Someone running up stairs.
(d) Breathless runner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it in Chapter 2?

2. How many hours after the police picked up Laura was she allowed to go home?

3. How old was Laura when she was in the accident that gave her her limp and brain damage?

4. In Chapter 5, how old does Laura remember that she was when she went to a party and got caught sneaking back into her house at 6 a.m.?

5. What floor does Laura live on?

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