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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. Where do Nath and Hannah sit while Marilyn and James discuss Louisa in Chapter 10?

2. Where does Louisa live?

3. Where is Marilyn when James comes home from Louisa's in Chapter 10?

4. What day was Lydia's birthday?

5. When did snow fall on Miami?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nath do after he and James argue in Chapter 8?

2. What were some things that happened in the ten years after Marilyn's disappearance?

3. Where did Lydia spend her afternoons in Chapter 9?

4. What did Nath do as he got ready to visit Harvard?

5. What does James see at the dock of the lake near the fourth of July, and what did he do?

6. What did Lydia dream of doing when she had her license?

7. How does James try to forget that Lydia is dead?

8. What did James tell Lydia was the most important thing to remember?

9. What did James give Lydia for her birthday, and how did he decide what to give her?

10. What did July 3 represent to James?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marilyn returns home after many weeks. How did Marilyn feel about being gone from her family while she was gone and why did she finally return?

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

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?

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