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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jamie do after he and his father argued about his dropping out of college?
(a) He disappeared for a week.
(b) He secretly bought a gun.
(c) He took off in his parents' car.
(d) He threatened his father.

2. In Chapter Twelve, whom does Pip deduce Jamie must have been following after the memorial?
(a) A member of the Bell family.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A high-school upperclassman.
(d) One of Connor's friends.

3. What does Joanna think is the source of her husband's anger with Jamie?
(a) Jamie is not Arthur's biological child.
(b) Jamie is consistently disrespectful toward his father.
(c) Jamie is having trouble settling down into adult life.
(d) Jamie has embarrassed the family with his brushes with the law.

4. Why does Natalie react negatively to Pip's statement that the police are not helping the Reynolds family?
(a) She believes that Jamie is missing voluntarily.
(b) Her brother is a police officer.
(c) She remembers the police inaction when Max assaulted her.
(d) She has a criminal record.

5. Who is Hillary F. Weiseman?
(a) An elderly woman who died in 2008.
(b) A woman that Jamie met in the fall of 2014, at college.
(c) It is a made-up name that Jamie uses as a computer password.
(d) The new history teacher at the high school.

6. What is implied by Luke's reaction to Pip's mention of the Max Hastings trial?
(a) Nat has not told him about the trial.
(b) Max was one of Luke's friends.
(c) Luke does not believe Nat's testimony.
(d) Luke would like to kill Max.

7. What does Connor not want Pip to tell his mother?
(a) Jamie has been sneaking out at night.
(b) Jamie physically threatened Connor.
(c) Jamie has been talking about moving away.
(d) Jamie and his father argued on Friday.

8. At the beginning of Chapter Four, why is Pip so tired?
(a) She was up late picking Cara up from a party.
(b) Josh woke her very early to watch cartoons with him.
(c) She and Ravi stayed up late talking after the memorial service.
(d) She stayed up late trying unsuccessfully to revise her history essay.

9. How did Pip end up in the hospital during her previous investigation?
(a) She was hit in the head.
(b) She was pushed into an icy river.
(c) She was given an overdose of drugs.
(d) She had a panic attack.

10. Where is Detective Hawkins headed after he talks to Pip?
(a) To investigate the abduction of a child.
(b) To testify at Becca Bell's trial.
(c) To testify in Max Hastings' trial.
(d) To investigate a suspicious death.

11. When Pip wakes up from her unintentional nap in Chapter Four, who has called her twice?
(a) Lauren.
(b) Connor.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Ravi.

12. In Chapter Fifteen, what seems to upset Joanna the most about the information that Pip shares?
(a) Jamie losing another job.
(b) Jamie's comment about a life-or-death situation.
(c) Jamie's lying to his family.
(d) Jamie following a high-schooler to a party.

13. On what day of the year does "After and Before" take place?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Easter.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Christmas.

14. In the case notes that follow Chapter Fifteen, what does Pip say she wonders about Jamie's attempt to steal the credit card?
(a) If Jamie has a drug problem his family does not know about.
(b) If her mother might have misunderstood what he was actually doing.
(c) If he was subconsciously trying to get himself fired.
(d) If it is connected to the watch she found in his room.

15. What is the best description of how Leanne feels when she learns of Pip's investigation into Jamie's disappearance?
(a) Proud.
(b) Worried.
(c) Envious.
(d) Embarrassed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leanne not want to tell Pip what she knows about Jamie?

2. In "Case Notes 3," who are the nine people that Pip lists as people she needs to speak to on Monday?

3. In the beginning of "After and Before," what is Pip struggling to understand?

4. Where are Pip and Ravi at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?

5. In Chapter One, why can Pip not attend most of Max Hastings's trial?

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