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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. Who does Edward think of when he thinks he wants to try to get stronger every day?
(a) Mahira.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Benjamin Stillman.

2. How does Linda react to the food on the plane?
(a) She wishes she had ordered a vegetarian meal.
(b) She is ravenous and eats it all.
(c) She is repulsed by it.
(d) She wishes she had ordered an alcoholic drink.

3. What happens around the one-year anniversary of the flight crash?
(a) There is a memorial statue and ceremony at the crash site.
(b) There is a candlelight vigil in both New York and Los Angeles.
(c) There is a new lawsuit from victim's families against the airline.
(d) There is new information about the role of weather in the crash.

4. What does Benjamin think he might change in his life when he lands in Los Angeles?
(a) He might finally ask the women he likes out on a date.
(b) He might finally tell his loved ones he is gay.
(c) He might devote himself to taking care of Lolly.
(d) He might go on a date with a man for once.

5. What does Edward tell Shay about that he says disproves her claim that he is less likely to get in a plane crash again?
(a) The gambler's fallacy.
(b) The hot hand.
(c) The availability heuristic.
(d) The law of thirds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edward tell Shay about his hunch about who wrote all the letters in the duffel bags?

2. What does Edward find in John's garage?

3. What does Jordan resolve to do as soon as he lands?

4. Why is Edward so upset on New Year's Day in Part III?

5. What does Besa ask Edward that deeply embarrasses him in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Edward confess to Shay that he thinks the duffel bags of letters he finds in his uncle's garage could be?

2. In Part III, what rattles Edward when he and John go to the hearing in Washington?

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

4. In Part IV, what does Jax Lassio give to Edward that shocks him, and why does Jax give it to him?

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

6. What do Shay and Edward realize many of the letters in the garage ask of Edward?

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

8. In Part IV, what does Lacey tell Edward about his mother that he had not known before?

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

10. In Part IV, what question does Besa confront Edward with?

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