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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 does Edward have to do in Part III in school that he dreads?
(a) Take chemistry class.
(b) Make his own lunch and eat alone.
(c) Play basketball in gym class.
(d) Take art class.

2. What does Besa ask Edward that deeply embarrasses him in Part IV?
(a) Whether he loves Lacey.
(b) Whether he needs money.
(c) Whether he is having sex with Shay.
(d) Whether he loves Shay.

3. What does Edward find in John's garage?
(a) Model airplanes.
(b) Locked duffel bags and documentation about the flight and the crash.
(c) Lots of tools.
(d) Painting materials.

4. What part of the plane freezes and begins the sequence of problems that lead to the crash?
(a) Wing lights.
(b) Air filters.
(c) Cabin pressure monitors.
(d) Pitots.

5. What does Benjamin think he might buy for Lolly regularly when he gets to Los Angeles?
(a) Capers.
(b) Books.
(c) DVDs.
(d) Jigsaw puzzles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author does Napolitano begin Part 2 with a quote from?

2. What does Lacey tell Edward about his mother's dream project?

3. In Part III, what does Crispin think he should have done when his kids were young?

4. How does Linda react to the food on the plane?

5. What does Edward tell the person who drives him and his Uncle John to their car after the hearing in Part III about how he felt about his family?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part IV, why does Edward decide to start to change his eating habits?

2. Who is the first person to directly approach Edward about what happened on the plane, and how does Edward react?

3. What is one of the reasons Edward does not want to to go the unveiling ceremony of the crash memorial?

4. What does Jordan notice about Mark and Veronica that almost no one else on the plane seems to have noticed?

5. In Part III, what are Edward's feelings on New Year's Day?

6. What secret does Jordan have from everyone else in his family?

7. In Part IV, what is different about Harrison Cox's letter from the rest of the letters?

8. In Part IV, what is Benjamin thinking about how to live his life after he arrives in Los Angeles?

9. What does Edward do instead of partaking in gym class in Part III, and why?

10. In Part IV, what starts to happen on the airplane just around the time Crispin Cox is pronounced dead?

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