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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 does Marilyn know that James is having an affair?

2. What did Hannah think about Lydia at the end of Chapter 9?

3. How old was Lydia when she skipped Cat Malone's birthday party?

4. What bound the Lees together after Marilyn returned from her disappearance?

5. How does Nath think they will treat his and Jack's wounds when they get home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Hannah experience the afternoon James was gone?

4. How does James describe the buns Louisa made?

5. Why did it bother Hannah when Lydia smiled after she came home from failing her test for her learner's permit?

6. What did Hannah do while Nath was gone?

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

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

9. What did Lydia and Jack do when they spent time together?

10. What were some stories that Marilyn read in the paper the morning Nath left for Harvard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lydia purposefully pursued Jack. Why did Lydia pursue Jack and how did he help her cope with some of the issues she was facing?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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