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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 color eyes does Eden have?
(a) Blue-green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Grey.
(d) Hazel.

2. What is the weather like in Chapter 1 when Andrew is trying to sleep and awakens from a dream about his childhood?
(a) Hot and humid.
(b) Rainy and stormy.
(c) Snowy.
(d) Cold and dry.

3. What kind of car does Andrew drive?
(a) Mercedes.
(b) Honda.
(c) Lexus.
(d) BMW.

4. Which character dressed in a red smock when Eden and Andrew were young?
(a) Edith.
(b) Eden.
(c) T.J.s mother.
(d) Andrew's mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far apart are Andrew and his neighbor's house?

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

3. How does Andrew describe Eden's hair when he sees her for the first time after his mother's funeral?

4. Who was Eden's boyfriend in the Spring before the shooting?

5. Where does Billy's son live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Andrew observe about Eden when she was carried out on a stretcher the night her father was killed?

2. Why does Andrew return to his mother's house?

3. How does Andrew remember protecting his mother the night Jim was killed?

4. What does Andrew dream about the night of his mother's funeral?

5. In what way did Edith react when the paramedics tried to get her to lie down on a stretcher after her husband was killed?

6. Why does Andrew leave the luncheonette so quickly and speed home?

7. What does Andrew think T.J.'s motivation is for visiting him at his mother's house after her funeral?

8. What was Edith's reaction to the baby left at her house?

9. Who discovered Andrew's mother died?

10. Who does Edith claim killed her husband?

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