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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Marilyn rent an efficiency apartment in Chapter 4?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Toledo.
(c) Dayton.
(d) Akron.

2. Who does the minister look like to officiates at Lydia's funeral?
(a) Robert Redford.
(b) President Ford.
(c) Tom Cruise.
(d) President Reagan.

3. In Chapter 3, what did Marilyn imagine would be Lydia's profession when Lydia was an adult?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Homemaker.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

4. When Mrs. Allen, a neighbor, asked James how long Marilyn would be gone, what did he tell her?
(a) Not sure.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) A couple months.
(d) Indefinitely.

5. How old was Lydia when she received her first diary as a Christmas gift?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

6. When was Nate supposed to have his high school graduation ceremony?
(a) June 2.
(b) May 31.
(c) June 1.
(d) May 23.

7. When did James ask Louisa Chen to be a teaching assistant?
(a) February.
(b) March.
(c) May.
(d) April.

8. What color is Marilyn's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Mousy brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Honey blonde.

9. How old was Marilyn when Nath was in first grade?
(a) 31.
(b) 29.
(c) 28.
(d) 30.

10. When Marilyn calls the high school to see if Lydia is in class, who answers the phone?
(a) Mildred.
(b) Dottie.
(c) The assistant principal.
(d) The principal.

11. Where did James go to college?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Iowa State.

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

13. What was Lydia wearing when she was last seen?
(a) Shorts and tank top.
(b) Flowered halter-neck dress.
(c) Jeans and a t-shirt.
(d) School uniform.

14. What was Marilyn studying in July when she was living in Toledo?
(a) Advanced organic chemistry.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Physics.
(d) Advanced biology.

15. How old was Lydia when Marilyn gave her a stethoscope for her birthday?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Marilyn's mother died, how long had it been since the two had talked?

2. In Chapter 5, which stair at Hannah's house squeaks?

3. Where did Lydia go to school?

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

5. When Nath's middle-school science class identified trees in the cemetery, what leaf did Tommy Reed get that no one else found?

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