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

2. How many identical houses are on the street where Irene lives?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

3. How many hours after the police picked up Laura was she allowed to go home?
(a) 18.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 23.

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

5. How old was Laura when she was in the accident that gave her her limp and brain damage?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Daniel when he died?

2. How many phone calls does the officer allow Laura at the police station?

3. What books did Angela like to read?

4. What did Miriam take from the boat after she found the boy's body?

5. In Chapter 1, what is Laura wearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Miriam decide to check on a young man whose boat has been moored two days longer than he is entitled to be?

2. What happened the day Angela's body was found?

3. What conversation does Laura have with her mother when she calls her in Chapter 8?

4. What did Miriam take from the boat where the young man died?

5. What does Miriam do every second Sunday?

6. What does Carla remember about Ben's third birthday?

7. How does Laura remember her father and Deidre reacting after she snuck out of the house when she was 13 and went to a party?

8. At the end of Chapter 10, what does Carla remember about a conversation she had with Daniel and Angela?

9. What does Miriam have in the wooden box where she keeps her trinkets?

10. What does Theo tell the police that he saw Saturday morning?

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