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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 soon after Laura gets home from grocery shopping do the police bang on her front door?
(a) 2 minutes.
(b) A minute.
(c) 30 seconds.
(d) 45 seconds.

2. In Chapter 10, where was Daniel going to go to boarding school?
(a) Abingdon.
(b) Oxfordshire.
(c) Bedfordshire.
(d) Middlesex.

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

4. What type of classes does Laura remember that her mother began to take one fall?
(a) Art.
(b) Pottery.
(c) Watercolor.
(d) Drama.

5. How long do the police believe that Daniel was dead before he was found?
(a) 18 to 24 hours.
(b) 36 to 48 hours.
(c) 12 to 36 hours.
(d) 24 to 36 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Miriam remember that Carla Myerson visited her nephew with a bottle of wine?

2. In Chapter 4, when does Laura say that she went on a date with Daniel?

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

4. In Chapter 2, by how many days has the young man in the boat next to Miriam overstayed in his mooring?

5. How long after Ben's death did Carla see her sister in secret?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Miriam do every second Sunday?

4. What is Irene's favrorite reading spot and why?

5. What does Laura remember about being with Daniel?

6. Where does Carla feel most at home?

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

9. Why is Irene glad to have Angela's books?

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

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