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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 color robe was Nate supposed to have worn to his high school graduation?

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

3. What does Marilyn do in Chapter 5 after James leaves for his ten o'clock class?

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 big is the city where Marilyn and her family live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Marilyn get rid of her mother's things?

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

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

4. What did the local newspaper say about Lydia after her funeral?

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

6. Why did James insist on a closed casket?

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

8. What is the cemetery like in MIddlewood?

9. How does Jack treat girls?

10. What did James realize after Marilyn disappeared?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lydia believed strongly in promises. When did Lydia make a promise that she kept for the rest of life? How did that promise shape her life and why didn't Lydia ever break it?

Essay Topic 2

Lydia purposefully pursued Jack. Why did Lydia pursue Jack and how did he help her cope with some of the issues she was facing?

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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