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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Andrew offer to do at Edith's house?
(a) Paint the kitchen.
(b) Haul out the garbage.
(c) Build a shed.
(d) Fix the porch steps.

2. How old was Eden when she briefly became a tomboy?
(a) Eleven years old.
(b) Seven years old.
(c) Ten years old.
(d) Nine years old.

3. Who owns the working farm across the road from Andrew's family?
(a) DeSalvo.
(b) Reardon.
(c) O'Brien.
(d) Mackenzie.

4. What did Edith do when the paramedics tried to force her to lie down on a stretcher the night her husband was killed?
(a) Ran away.
(b) Submitted easily.
(c) Protestested wildly.
(d) Held onto their arms.

5. What was Eden reading the night of the shooting?
(a) Slaughterhouse Five.
(b) The Myth of Sisyphus.
(c) To the Lighthouse.
(d) Scarlet Letter.

6. Where were Andy and his mother the day Edith came over with a baby wrapped in a towel?
(a) Living room.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Garden.
(d) Front porch.

7. What activity did Eden want to do with Andy, Sean and T.J. in Chapter 2?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Fly kites.
(c) Ride motorcycles.
(d) Fish.

8. What did Andrew first notice about Martha when he met her?
(a) Her happiness.
(b) How tall she was.
(c) Her long blond hair.
(d) Her anger.

9. Who shielded Andrew from seeing Jim Close's body being brought to the ambulance?
(a) His father.
(b) The ambulance driver.
(c) His mother.
(d) A policeman.

10. How old was Eden Close the night her father was killed?
(a) Fourteen years old.
(b) Ten years old.
(c) Twelve years old.
(d) Eighteen years old.

11. What noise does Andrew hear when he is getting ready to leave the Closes' house that makes him realize Eden must be awake?
(a) Radio playing.
(b) Shouting.
(c) Crying.
(d) Laughter.

12. What did Andrew's father help Jim do with a swing set for Eden?
(a) Pour cement.
(b) Put it together.
(c) Put the swings up.
(d) Paint it.

13. Who is the narrator of the novel, "Eden Close"?
(a) Eden.
(b) Edith.
(c) T.J.
(d) Andrew.

14. Where is Andrew thinking of taking his son camping?
(a) Nova Scotia.
(b) Adirondack Mountains.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Vermont.

15. What does Andrew plan to do with his childhood home?
(a) Live in it.
(b) Rent it out.
(c) Fix it up and sell it.
(d) Add on to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Andrew and Martha first meet?

2. What affliction did Eden suffer from when she was injured the night her father was killed?

3. Where do Andrew and Chief DeSalvo see each other in Chapter 3?

4. Who is Andrew's neighbor?

5. Who did Edith Close say killed her husband?

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