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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Andrew find in his closet that he wears doing chores around his mother's house the day after the funeral?
(a) Track shorts from high school.
(b) Painter's pants.
(c) Bell bottom jeans.
(d) Jean cutoffs.

2. What was Sean's reaction when Eden refused to speak to him in the months before the shooting?
(a) Cried and then got angry.
(b) Laughed.
(c) Ignored her.
(d) Shrugged it off.

3. What does Eden remember about Andrew's hair the summer before he left for college?
(a) It was starting to grey.
(b) He shaved it off.
(c) It was bleached blond from the sun.
(d) He was growing it long.

4. What does Chief DeSalvo say about the Closes' case when he and Andrew talk in Chapter 3?
(a) The case bothers him.
(b) He's happy he solved it.
(c) The intruder was caught.
(d) It was too bad Eden couldn't testify.

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

6. What does Eden say about Andrew's father at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Awful.
(b) He was brave, but foolish.
(c) He was scared.
(d) A good man.

7. What did Andy do after he saw Eden kissing a boy at school?
(a) Avoided her.
(b) Lectured her.
(c) Yelled at her.
(d) Told on her.

8. What did Eden invite Andy to do one summer day when he was off from work?
(a) Take a bike ride.
(b) Go to the pond to swim.
(c) Walk to the library.
(d) Go to the movies.

9. What word did Andy use to describe the shirt his mother bought him for his first day of senior year?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Classy.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) Wimpy.

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

11. How far apart are Andrew and his neighbor's house?
(a) Five hundred feet.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Less than seventy feet.
(d) Two thousand feet.

12. What is the name of Andrew's secretary?
(a) Susan.
(b) Jayne.
(c) Betty.
(d) Leslie.

13. What was Eden hit with in Chapter 2 that left a scar on her cheekbone?
(a) Tree branch.
(b) Rock.
(c) Hockey puck.
(d) Baseball.

14. What did Eden shoplift from Woolworth's?
(a) Purse.
(b) Dress.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Earrings and rings.

15. Where is Eden waiting for Andrew when he hurries back to her house from town in Chapter 3?
(a) Living room.
(b) Porch.
(c) Top of the stairs.
(d) Kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Andrew's son?

2. Who died of a massive stroke?

3. What did Andrew's father bring to the Closes' home the night Mr. Close was killed?

4. What is the ad campaign subject that Andrew was working on when his mother died that he describes as a "bailiwick"?

5. Who owns the working farm across the road from Andrew's family?

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