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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 did Nath want for his 14th birthday?

2. What did Lydia do when she came home after failing the test for her learner's permit that nearly made Hannah duck behind Nath?

3. How many answers did Lydia complete the first time she took the test for her learner's permit?

4. In Chapter 8, what did Nath do after his father told Nath that he didn't know anything about Lydia's life?

5. What was Nath getting for a snack in Chapter 8 when his father yelled at him for keeping the refrigerator door open too long?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nath usually get new clothes?

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

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

4. Why did Lydia wear a pretty dress to school in Chapter 11?

5. What was the cake like that Marilyn baked for Lydia's birthday?

6. What will the family remember about their last evening in the years to come?

7. What did James say to Marilyn about being different when he came home and she confronted him about the affair?

8. What did Nath do after his parents argued about James' affair in Chapter 10?

9. How did Lydia think that Nath looked in his new paisley shirt?

10. How did the family change as a decade passed after Marilyn left and returned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Marilyn and James knew what it was like to be different. What happened in their lives that made Marilyn and James know what it was like to be different from everyone else around them?

Essay Topic 2

Marilyn's mother died in 1966. How did Marilyn's mother's death affect her and why did it cause Marilyn to examine her own life?

Essay Topic 3

Lydia's parents had no idea what Lydia's life was really like. What did Marilyn and James imagine that Lydia's life was like and why was it so different from they envisioned?

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