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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dates at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 5, where does Hannah hide while her parents argue after the police leave?

3. How big is the city where Marilyn and her family live?

4. Where had Nathan gone for four days in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 5, how many weeks has Hannah been practicing with the lock on the front door?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did James insist on a closed casket?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Marilyn's mother talk to her about her behavior in home economics class?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marilyn's mother died in 1966. How did Marilyn's mother's death affect her and why did it cause Marilyn to examine her own life?

Essay Topic 2

Hannah remembers being at the lake as a family. What does Hannah remember about times the family spent at the lake, and why doesn't she think the family will ever go there again?

Essay Topic 3

Lydia's parents had no idea what Lydia's life was really like. What did Marilyn and James imagine that Lydia's life was like and why was it so different from they envisioned?

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