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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 long does Marilyn tell Nath and Hannah that she will be gone when she goes to Louisa's apartment?
(a) About an hour.
(b) Half an hour.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

2. What color frosting did Marilyn use to write Lydia's name on her birthday cake?
(a) Green.
(b) Pink.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

3. What design did Marilyn use for Lydia's birthday cake?
(a) Science images.
(b) Flowers and leaves.
(c) Driver's license.
(d) Puppies and kittens.

4. What is one way that James finds refuge in Chapter 8?
(a) Movies.
(b) Long drives.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Alcohol.

5. What was the only school that Nath knew his father would approve?
(a) Carnegie Mellon.
(b) MIT
(c) Harvard.
(d) Caltech.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lydia do when she saw Hannah wearing the locket she received for her birthday?

2. How does Marilyn know that James is having an affair?

3. What does Nath think Jack will have as a reminder of their fight?

4. At what time does Marilyn look for James in Chapter 8 when he hasn't come home?

5. Where was Hannah's nursery set up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some things that happened in the ten years after Marilyn's disappearance?

2. How did Nath usually get new clothes?

3. What does Nath do after he and James argue in Chapter 8?

4. What did Hannah experience the afternoon James was gone?

5. How did Lydia manage to pass biology?

6. What does James see at the dock of the lake near the fourth of July, and what did he do?

7. What did Hannah do while Nath was gone?

8. What did Lydia dream of doing when she had her license?

9. What was the cake like that Marilyn baked for Lydia's birthday?

10. What did Nath do as he got ready to visit Harvard?

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