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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 Marilyn when her father left?

2. Where did Marilyn rent an efficiency apartment in Chapter 4?

3. When did James' parents move to Iowa?

4. Where did Lydia go to school?

5. How old was Marilyn when Nath was in first grade?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did James insist on a closed casket?

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

3. What did everyone try to do after Marilyn returned the summer she disappeared, and how did the disappearance affect the family?

4. What did Marilyn's college advisor say when he say her first year class schedule?

5. How was James able to attend a private school for twelve years?

6. What do the police say and do when they come to the Lee's home?

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

8. What was it like at the lake when the whole family went?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hannah was nearly invisible in her family. Why was Hannah so unnoticed in her family and why was it her role to creep around in the corners and shadows?

Essay Topic 2

Nath believes that Jack might be responsible for Jack's death. What relationship did Jack have with Lydia, and why does Nath believe that because of that relationship Jack may be responsible for Lydia's death?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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