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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 name of the older police officer who talks with the Lees in Chapter 5?

2. When was Nate supposed to have his high school graduation ceremony?

3. How long do the police say most missing-girl cases resolve themselves?

4. When do the police find Lydia?

5. How tall was Lydia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Marilyn meet James Lee?

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

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 once told her mother that she had no secrets. How was that disproved when Lydia disappeared and what type of secrets was she keeping?

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