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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ravi upset to see in a photo from the memorial service?
(a) Jason Bell.
(b) Max Hastings.
(c) Stanley Forbes.
(d) Luke Eaton.

2. What is the purpose of ending Chapter Four immediately after Connor's revelation about his brother?
(a) It creates irony.
(b) It creates foreshadowing.
(c) It creates suspense.
(d) It creates humor.

3. In the beginning of "After and Before," what is Pip struggling to understand?
(a) How to reduce the background noise on an audio file.
(b) Why she was ever interested in being a detective.
(c) How she could have told so many lies during her investigation.
(d) How Elliot Ward could have fooled her.

4. What does the exposition in Chapter Seventeen reveal about Pip's personality?
(a) Her wild imagination has not changed much over the years.
(b) She has always been interested in crime.
(c) As a child, she did not really enjoy reading.
(d) When she was younger, she wanted to work in a book store.

5. In Chapter Three, who is Pip hiding from by pulling up the hood of her jacket?
(a) Natalie da Silva.
(b) Andie Bell's parents.
(c) Her new history teacher.
(d) Reporters.

6. Who is Elliot Ward?
(a) Pip's best friend's father.
(b) A murder victim.
(c) A drug dealer.
(d) Pip's father.

7. What is strange about the photo of Jamie that Gail Yardley shows Pip?
(a) Jamie looks like he is under the influence of drugs.
(b) Jamie seems to be looking in the wrong direction.
(c) Jamie has clearly been crying.
(d) Jamie looks like he has been in a fight.

8. Why is Pip at the cafe in Chapter Eleven?
(a) She is avoiding her parents.
(b) She wants to interview one of the employees.
(c) She is there to meet Cara.
(d) Her internet is down at home.

9. In Chapter One, why can Pip not attend most of Max Hastings's trial?
(a) Her parents think it is too upsetting for her.
(b) She has to go to school.
(c) The judge will not allow it.
(d) Ravi has asked her to stay away.

10. What does Joanna think caused Jamie's mood to change suddenly, a couple of months previously?
(a) Natalie da Silva got a new boyfriend.
(b) Connor got accepted into a distant college.
(c) Jamie got fired from his job.
(d) Jamie started having health problems.

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

12. When Ravi meets Pip at the beginning of Chapter Nine, what does he seem most concerned about?
(a) How Pip's parents will react to her investigation.
(b) His memories of Sal's disappearance.
(c) Whether Pip is taking care of herself.
(d) Jamie's disappearance.

13. Where does Harry Scythe say he saw Jamie on Friday night?
(a) The Fairview Mail office.
(b) Old Farm Road.
(c) The Fairview police station.
(d) Weevil Road.

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

15. In Chapter One, what irritates Pip's mother about her behavior?
(a) Pip calls her brother a nickname he hates.
(b) Pip yells to her brother from another room.
(c) Pip leaves her shoes on the kitchen floor.
(d) Pip tracks in mud from the yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Natalie da Silva doing when Pip finds her at Luke's house?

2. Who arrives at the end of Chapter Thirteen?

3. On what day of the week is the memorial for Sal and Andie held?

4. On the Missing poster that Pip creates, what does she ask people to email her?

5. What is the best description of how Leanne feels when she learns of Pip's investigation into Jamie's disappearance?

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