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

2. By July, how long had Marilyn been gone?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 30 days.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 18 days.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What scent nearly makes Marilyn throw up during Lydia's funeral?

2. What did Marilyn like to read when the family went to the lake together?

3. What does James do for a living?

4. When do the police find Lydia?

5. Where did Marilyn go to college?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Hannah feel about Lydia leaving and how might she have felt if she knew about her mother's disappearance?

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

5. In Chapter 3, what did Marilyn imagine it would be like when she died?

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

7. In Chapter 1, when does Marilyn call and tell her husband that Lydia is missing?

8. Where did Marilyn go at the end of Chapter 4 and what did she plan to do?

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

10. In Chapter 1, what does Marilyn remember Lydia doing when she was eleven months old?

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