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

2. Where does Lydia hide her diary?
(a) In her desk.
(b) In the ceiling vent.
(c) Under her mattress.
(d) In a lockbox.

3. Where was Silas being held during Du Boise's encounter with Lydia?
(a) In a holding cell.
(b) In a police van.
(c) In a state penitentiary.
(d) In a padded chamber.

4. What is the name of Lydia's sister?
(a) Grace.
(b) Charity.
(c) Faith.
(d) Hope.

5. How long does Grace think the smells of her home have been accumulating?
(a) Twenty-five years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Fifteen years.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Mam Agnes's house, who comes out to the car to have a drink with Silas?

2. How does Janine feel about Kate staying at the Ali home?

3. Where does Mikey read his mother's diary?

4. Where was Mikey's sister sent to live?

5. What is the name of the town where the Ali family lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "Playing Gandhi"?

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

3. When Silas returns from the hospital, where he attempted to pick up Lydia, what fears is he suddenly seized with?

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

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

6. Why does Kate begin to grow suspicious of her secret meetings with Mikey?

7. Why does Silas follow Du Boise to the cafe?

8. As an adult looking back, how does Mikey describe his relationship with his mother as a child?

9. Why can't Gracie sleep at night?

10. Why does Silas phone Alec, and what is he suddenly suspicious of him?

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