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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. At the time of Lydia's funeral, how many weeks remain in the school year?

2. How old is James Lee?

3. In Chapter 3, what did Marilyn imagine would be Lydia's profession when Lydia was an adult?

4. In Chapter 3, whose face has Marilyn always wanted to be the face she saw before she died?

5. What was Lydia's sister eating in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the cemetery like in MIddlewood?

6. How did Marilyn meet James Lee?

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

8. What did the realtor tell Marilyn and James when they first moved to Middlewood?

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

10. How does Jack treat girls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Members of the Lee family reacted differently to Lydia's disappearance. How did each member of the family react and what did that reveal about each family member?

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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