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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. Where did Lydia go to school?
(a) Akron High.
(b) Leo High.
(c) Sandusky High.
(d) Middlewood High.

2. In Chapter 1, what time did Hannah remember a door closing in the night and a figure crossing the lawn?
(a) 1 a.m.
(b) 4 a.m.
(c) 2 a.m.
(d) 3 a.m.

3. What did James do in Chapter 6 after he hit Nath?
(a) Locked himself in his study.
(b) Locked the children outside.
(c) Kicked the television.
(d) Hugged the children.

4. In Chapter 5, which stair at Hannah's house squeaks?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Third.
(d) Fourth.

5. When do the police find Lydia?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Wednesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far do the Lees live from Toledo?

2. How old was Lydia?

3. How old was Marilyn when her father left?

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. How old is Louisa?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did James realize after Marilyn disappeared?

7. What was it like at the lake when the whole family went?

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

9. In Chapter 1, what does Marilyn find when she goes to Lydia's room?

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

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