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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. When James was a child, how long had his mother been sick with the flu when the family had to turn off the heat?
(a) 1 1/2 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) Month.

2. What did Lydia and Nath do when school was out, but their mother was still missing?
(a) Stayed with a neighbor.
(b) Played in the backyard.
(c) Had friends over.
(d) Watched television.

3. In Chapter 1, what time did Nath hear a radio in Lydia's room?
(a) 11:30 p.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Dawn.
(d) 1 a.m.

4. In Chapter 5, what does Hannah pull from underneath Lydia's bed?
(a) Velvet box.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Diary.

5. What does Marilyn do in Chapter 5 after James leaves for his ten o'clock class?
(a) Shatters a bowl.
(b) Runs to her room.
(c) Rushes to the bathroom.
(d) Throws a tea cup.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Lydia when Marilyn accidentally put her hand down on a hot burner on the stove?

2. In Chapter 1, what time did Hannah remember a door closing in the night and a figure crossing the lawn?

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

4. When did James ask Louisa Chen to be a teaching assistant?

5. What was Marilyn studying in July when she was living in Toledo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did James realize after Marilyn disappeared?

2. How does Jack treat girls?

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

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

5. How did Nath and Lydia spend their days while their mother was gone?

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

7. What does Hannah think Lydia would have seen on her last night as she steps out into the night?

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

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

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

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