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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. How old was Lydia when Marilyn gave her a stethoscope for her birthday?

2. What is the date at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. When did Marilyn meet James?

4. In Chapter 5, what gum does Marilyn smell when she handles Lydia's backpack?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did James insist on a closed casket?

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

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

6. In Chapter 1, what does Marilyn remember Lydia doing when she was eleven months old?

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

8. What did James realize after Marilyn disappeared?

9. What is the cemetery like in MIddlewood?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lydia tried to find out how things went so wrong in her life. When did Lydia decide was the turning point where things went wrong in her life and how did she attempt to fix what was wrong?

Essay Topic 2

Marilyn did not approve of her mother's choices in life. Why didn't Marilyn approve of her mother's choices in life and how did her disapproval of those choices affect the choices that Marilyn made in her own life?

Essay Topic 3

James and Marilyn fight about Lydia's death. Why are they so frustrated with one another and how the other person is handling Lydia's death?

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