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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Laura's father's job when she was a child?
(a) Factory manager.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Telephone repairman.
(d) Architect.

5. How many boxes of books did Carla Mayerson leave for her from her deceased sister Angela?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

6. What books did Angela like to read?
(a) Catherine Ryan Howard.
(b) Daniel Hurst.
(c) Barbara Vine or P.D. James.
(d) Cole Baxter or Sarah A. Denzil.

7. In Chapter 1, what is Laura wearing?
(a) Button-down shirt and khakis.
(b) Sundress.
(c) T-shirt and jeans.
(d) Pajamas.

8. Where does Laura have scars?
(a) Shoulder, arm and calf.
(b) Stomach, back, and right ear.
(c) Hip, thigh, shoulder, and back of skull.
(d) Thigh, cheek, right arm, and back.

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

10. In Chapter 3, how long does Carla think it has been since she saw Daniel?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) A week or two.
(d) 4 days.

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

12. When does Miriam remember that Carla Myerson visited her nephew with a bottle of wine?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

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

14. How did Laura hurt her leg?
(a) Fell out of a tree.
(b) Hit by a car when she was a kid.
(c) Fell off a bicycle.
(d) Broke her leg diving in a quarry.

15. How many phone calls does the officer allow Laura at the police station?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Laura have a part-time job?

2. How long after Theo and Carla married did he publish a tragicomedy set in a Sicilian town?

3. Where did Daniel have knife wounds?

4. How far was Laura thrown when she was hit by the car when she was 10?

5. Whose watch does Laura have in Chapter 1?

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