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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. How tall was Lydia?
(a) 62 inches.
(b) 63 inches.
(c) 65 inches.
(d) 67 inches.

2. What radio station does Lydia's father listen to on the way to work in Chapter 1?
(a) KIOA.
(b) WOLD.
(c) KNAC.
(d) WXKP.

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

4. What year did Marilyn go to college?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1955.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time of Lydia's funeral, how many weeks remain in the school year?

2. Where did Lydia go to school?

3. What did James and Nath do one weekend while Marilyn was gone cleaning out her mother's house?

4. When James was a child, how long had his mother been sick with the flu when the family had to turn off the heat?

5. What does James do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the police say and do when they come to the Lee's home?

3. In what ways do Marilyn and Lydia look alike?

4. What is the cemetery like in MIddlewood?

5. What did the local newspaper say about Lydia after her funeral?

6. What did everyone try to do after Marilyn returned the summer she disappeared, and how did the disappearance affect the family?

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

8. What photographs did Marilyn find when she cleaned out her mother's house after Doris' death?

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

10. What did Nath become obsessed with while his mother was gone?

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