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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 scent nearly makes Marilyn throw up during Lydia's funeral?
(a) Lilacs.
(b) Roses.
(c) Hyacinths.
(d) Lilies.

2. At the time of Lydia's funeral, how many weeks remain in the school year?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, when does Jack tell the police he last saw Lydia?

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

4. What did James do in Chapter 6 after he hit Nath?

5. How old is James Lee?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Marilyn's mother talk to her about her behavior in home economics class?

2. Why didn't the principal at Marilyn's high school want her to take shop?

3. What did James realize after Marilyn disappeared?

4. How would Lydia and Nath fall asleep each evening while their mother was gone?

5. How does Jack treat girls?

6. What was the only thing Marilyn kept from her mother's house and why?

7. Why don't Nath's classmates see him again after the funeral?

8. Who was Tom Lawson, and what did Marilyn ask him at one of James' college Christmas parties?

9. What did the realtor tell Marilyn and James when they first moved to Middlewood?

10. What did Marilyn's college advisor say when he say her first year class schedule?

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