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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what was next to Lydia's cereal bowl?
(a) Boiled egg.
(b) Physics homework.
(c) Glass of milk.
(d) Orange juice.

2. What was Lydia's sister eating in Chapter 1?
(a) Cornflakes.
(b) Shredded Wheat.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Cheerios.

3. How old was Lydia when Marilyn accidentally put her hand down on a hot burner on the stove?
(a) 13 months.
(b) 11 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 2 years.

4. In Chapter 3, how long has Jack lived down the street from the Lee's house?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 11 years.

5. In Chapter 5, how long has it been since the funeral?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

6. What time of day did Marilyn call home when she had been gone for two weeks?
(a) 8:45 p.m.
(b) 9:05 p.m.
(c) 6:41 a.m.
(d) 7:02 a.m.

7. What was the only thing Marilyn wanted to keep when she went through her mother's things after her mother died?
(a) Betty Crocker cookbook.
(b) Twelve setting of china.
(c) Mother's gold ring.
(d) Pearl bracelet from Marilyn's father.

8. When Marilyn's mother died, how long had it been since the two had talked?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 8 years.

9. Where did Lydia go to school?
(a) Akron High.
(b) Middlewood High.
(c) Leo High.
(d) Sandusky High.

10. In Chapter 3, when does Jack tell the police he last saw Lydia?
(a) Sunday evening.
(b) Monday evening.
(c) Monday afternoon.
(d) Saturday morning.

11. What does Marilyn count as she tries to sleep the afternoon after Lydia's funeral?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Blue forget-me-nots.
(c) Books.
(d) Red poppies on her sheets.

12. In Chapter 1, what time did Nath hear a radio in Lydia's room?
(a) 1 a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 11:30 p.m.
(d) Dawn.

13. How old is Louisa?
(a) 24.
(b) 25.
(c) 23.
(d) 22.

14. In Chapter 3, how long does Nath stay at the cemetery after his family leaves?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 30 minutes.

15. What color uniforms did the men wear who packed up Marilyn's mother's house after Doris died?
(a) Gray.
(b) Navy.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did James ask Louisa Chen to be a teaching assistant?

2. What year did Marilyn go to college?

3. How big is the city where Marilyn and her family live?

4. Who does the minister look like to officiates at Lydia's funeral?

5. When James took Nath to the pool in Chapter 4, what were the other children playing when they arrived?

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