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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 did James ask Louisa Chen to be a teaching assistant?
(a) March.
(b) February.
(c) April.
(d) May.

2. How many minutes is it from James and Marilyn's house to the bank and grocery store?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

3. In Chapter 5, where does Hannah notice that her father has a hole in his sock?
(a) Heel.
(b) Bottom.
(c) Toe.
(d) Top.

4. In Chapter 3, how long does Nath stay at the cemetery after his family leaves?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

5. When Marilyn calls the high school to see if Lydia is in class, who answers the phone?
(a) Dottie.
(b) The assistant principal.
(c) Mildred.
(d) The principal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is the cemetery from Marilyn and James' home?

2. How old is James Lee?

3. How old was Marilyn when a older girl from her school disappeared and turned up dead?

4. How tall was Lydia?

5. What was the only thing Marilyn wanted to keep when she went through her mother's things after her mother died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did James insist on a closed casket?

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

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

4. How did Marilyn meet James Lee?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Jack treat girls?

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

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