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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best description of Connor's demeanor when he and Pip talk to Stella?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Charming.
(c) Desperate.
(d) Intimidating.

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

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

4. What is the purpose of the two photographs on page 150?
(a) To show that there is a missing knife.
(b) To show the direction that Jamie was looking at the party.
(c) To show the direction that Jamie was looking at the memorial.
(d) To show how Jamie looked before and after losing his job.

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

6. In the interview that follows Chapter Fourteen, what does Joanna reveal about Jamie's job at Proctor and Radclifffe?
(a) He never actually started work there.
(b) He was fired for frequently missing work.
(c) He got bored and quit.
(d) He was fired for stealing.

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

8. What is Arthur Reynolds's response to Pip coming over to help find Jamie?
(a) He thinks that Pip is being nosy.
(b) He thinks that his wife is overreacting.
(c) He thinks that Pip is using his wife for publicity.
(d) He is grateful to Pip for her help.

9. Who arrives at the end of Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Connor.
(b) Pip's parents.
(c) Cara.
(d) Natalie da Silva.

10. When Pip cannot decide what to do about Jamie's case at the end of Chapter Six, whom does she call?
(a) Cara.
(b) Ravi.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

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

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

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

14. What detail do the employees disagree about?
(a) The direction Jamie was heading.
(b) Whether the man was Jamie Reynolds.
(c) Whether Jamie was talking on his phone.
(d) What Jamie was wearing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What time was it when Pip saw Jamie at the memorial service?

2. What does Connor come over to ask Pip to do?

3. About what time do the bookstore employees claim to have seen Jamie?

4. Who is Hillary F. Weiseman?

5. In Chapter One, what irritates Pip's mother about her behavior?

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