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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. How many days a week does Miriam work at Books on a Boat?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

3. What type of sofa does Laura have in her living room?
(a) Plaid microfiber.
(b) Gray pleather.
(c) Black pleather.
(d) Dark brown microfiber.

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

5. In Chapter 9, how long has Miriam lived on her boat?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 9 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Laura stab with a form?

3. Who is reading the story in the Prologue?

4. How many identical houses are on the street where Irene lives?

5. What was Laura's father's job when she was a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Miriam believe that Theo Myerson did to her?

3. When the police ask Laura about her relationship with Daniel, what does she say?

4. 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?

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

6. How did Carla and Theo's son Ben die?

7. In Chapter 1, what is Laura struggling with?

8. What does Miriam do every second Sunday?

9. Why did Carla think that Theo's writing success might end their marriage, and why did it not?

10. What did Miriam find when she check on a young man on a boat?

(see the answer keys)

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