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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. What is written on the barn in Chapter Seven?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Go home.
(c) She will not be the last.
(d) Slut.

2. When does the waitress say the town turned on the Jacobses after January's murder?
(a) After the Fourth of July.
(b) After Easter.
(c) After the family went on television.
(d) After Christmas.

3. Who tells Margot that Krissy was an unfit mother?
(a) The pastor.
(b) Krissy's mother-in-law.
(c) The nurse.
(d) The Sunday School teacher.

4. What is Margot's last name?
(a) Worthy.
(b) Smith.
(c) Davies.
(d) Henries.

5. What does Townsend say you do not need for murder?
(a) Motive.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Equipment.
(d) Evidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the detective who runs the Jacobs case?

2. Whose barn is the graffiti on in Chapter Seven?

3. Who does Margot meet from her past in Chapter Thirteen?

4. Why does Krissy initially tell Billy she is pregnant?

5. What month does January disappear in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connection does Margot have to January?

2. Who does Margot see who she thinks is following her?

3. What does Margot do for a living and how does she feel about her job?

4. Why does Margaret return to her hometown of Wakarusa?

5. What is Billy's family known for in Wakarusa?

6. What ongoing problems did Luke and Rebecca have in their marriage?

7. What does Krissy Jacobs think when she sees the spray-paint on her wall in 1994?

8. What kindness does Pete say Margot did for him in elementary school?

9. What does Krissy expect when she tells Billy she is pregnant when they are both 18?

10. What is one big piece of evidence Detective Townsend says the police had against Krissy Jacobs?

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