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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 Silas's son's name?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Mikey.
(c) Tommy.
(d) Johnny.

2. Which of the following characters is NOT one that Lydia realized could have been an assassin in her home?
(a) The municipal inspectors.
(b) The postal worker.
(c) The dog walker.
(d) The meter reader.

3. After a stressful meeting, how does Kate like to unwind and relieve her stress?
(a) By listening to soothing music.
(b) By drinking a glass of wine.
(c) By taking a hot bath.
(d) By playing her guitar.

4. What religion did Silas's father practice?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Hinduism.

5. Which part of his mother did Mikey find most attractive when he was a child?
(a) Her dress.
(b) Her strength.
(c) Her voice.
(d) Her smell.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lydia found Mikey and his sister lying in bed together, what was the only part of their bodies touching?

2. When Mikey is lying in bed thinking, which debate is he thinking about and replaying in his mind?

3. From which religion is the blue Ali stone Mikey has collected?

4. What did Silas's father leave to him after he died?

5. Why did Lydia not attend University?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened at a dinner party, which outraged Lydia so much that she never wanted Kate near Mikey again?

2. Why does Mikey travel to Shirley Graham's home and what is her reaction to hosting him?

3. Why do Kate Jessup and Julian Solomon come to stay at the Ali household?

4. How does Lydia react to the broken glass beneath her feet?

5. How does Mikey treat the small bird that flies in through his kitchen window?

6. How does Kate react to Mikey while she is staying with him?

7. What memories does Silas have of his father, and his father dying?

8. What is Mikey's reaction to reading that he is the product of a rape in his mother's diary?

9. What does Silas think about as he is driving home from the hospital after refusing medical care?

10. How does Mikey come to find himself in possession of his mother's diary?

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