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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How far is the cemetery from Marilyn and James' home?
(a) 15-minute drive.
(b) 15-minute walk.
(c) 30-minute drive.
(d) 30 minute walk.

3. When Nath's middle-school science class identified trees in the cemetery, what leaf did Tommy Reed get that no one else found?
(a) Sassafras.
(b) Ash.
(c) Hickory.
(d) Walnut.

4. What is Louisa's apartment number?
(a) 3A.
(b) 4B.
(c) 2C.
(d) 1D.

5. What did Marilyn like to read when the family went to the lake together?
(a) A novel.
(b) "New Yorker."
(c) A mystery novel.
(d) Local newspaper.

6. Where did Marilyn go to high school?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Virginia.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Ohio.

7. What is the only light Hannah can see when she sneaks out of the house in Chapter 5?
(a) A lamp in Mr. Jones' window.
(b) Light from a neighbor's patio door.
(c) Mrs. Allen's front-door light.
(d) From a streetlight.

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

9. How far do the Lees live from Toledo?
(a) An hour and a half.
(b) An hour.
(c) 40 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

10. Where had Nathan gone for four days in Chapter 1?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Class trip.
(c) Yale.
(d) Grandparents.

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

12. When James took Nath to the pool in Chapter 4, what were the other children playing when they arrived?
(a) Marco Polo.
(b) Dolphins and Sharks.
(c) Atomic Whirlpool.
(d) F-i-s-h.

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

14. How long do the police say most missing-girl cases resolve themselves?
(a) 48 hours.
(b) 36 hours.
(c) 72 hours.
(d) 24 hours.

15. In Chapter 3, whose face has Marilyn always wanted to be the face she saw before she died?
(a) Hannah's.
(b) James'.
(c) Lydia's.
(d) Nath's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how long does Nath stay at the cemetery after his family leaves?

2. What color robe was Nate supposed to have worn to his high school graduation?

3. How many minutes is it from James and Marilyn's house to the bank and grocery store?

4. When Mrs. Allen, a neighbor, asked James how long Marilyn would be gone, what did he tell her?

5. How old was Lydia?

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