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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do Pip and Ravi see talking together after the meeting in Chapter Thirty-Two?
(a) Stanley and Kim.
(b) Howie and Daniel.
(c) Daniel and Stanley.
(d) Kim and Howie.

2. What do Ravi and Pip do with all of their printed documents in Chapter Thirty-Seven?
(a) Put them in a binder to show the police.
(b) Make a "murder board."
(c) Mail them to themselves for safekeeping.
(d) Hide them at Ravi's house.

3. Where is Pip in Chapter Thirty-Three?
(a) Lodge Park.
(b) Drake Forest.
(c) Fairview Common.
(d) Barrows Wood.

4. What offer does Ravi make to Pip because she is so sad about Barney?
(a) He offers to explain what is happening to her parents so that she does not have to.
(b) He offers to help her with her college essay so that it will not be another burden on her.
(c) He offers to track down the person who killed Barney and make sure they are punished.
(d) He offers to take over the investigation for a while so that she can take a break.

5. In Chapter Thirty-Five, why is Pip relieved when her father tells her to stay home while the rest of the family searches for Barney?
(a) She needs privacy to call Ravi and explain what is happening with the dog.
(b) She knows that Barney has been kidnapped, and that they will not find him.
(c) She wants to make an emergency backup copy of her project.
(d) She needs to work on her personal essay, and she finally has an idea.

6. What do Josh and their mother do while Pip and their father search the woods in the morning?
(a) Search Fairview Common,
(b) Make and distribute posters.
(c) Check social media to see if anyone has found Barney.
(d) Call animal shelters and veterinarians.

7. Besides Cara and Naomi, who else is at the Ward house when Pip goes to confront Naomi about the picture?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Lauren.
(c) Max.
(d) Mr. Ward.

8. Who is Richard Hawkins?
(a) The friend that Andie stayed with after her head injury.
(b) A reporter for the Fairview Mail.
(c) The father of the young woman in the attic.
(d) The detective who originally worked on Andie's case.

9. What question does Pip call Max Hastings to ask him in Chapter Forty-Seven?
(a) Whether Becca knew that Andie sold drugs.
(b) Whether Becca asked him to move Andie's car that night.
(c) Whether Becca knew about the hit-and-run.
(d) Whether he raped Becca at a calamity party.

10. In Chapter Thirty-Three, why does Pip go for a walk?
(a) Her parents' fighting is upsetting her.
(b) Josh is making a lot of noise and she cannot concentrate.
(c) She is hoping to run into Ravi.
(d) She needs a break from working on her essay.

11. What does the reader learn about Cara's mother's family in Chapter Forty?
(a) None of them are still alive.
(b) They do not like Elliot Ward.
(c) They live overseas.
(d) They are wealthy.

12. Why does Pip say that her project will have to be disqualified?
(a) She did not complete the work by herself.
(b) She chose a project that endangered herself and others.
(c) She broke the rule about contacting the Bell and Singh families.
(d) She no longer has the documentation to back up her research.

13. When Mr. Ward gets a glimpse of the note in Pip's textbook, what does he think is happening?
(a) He thinks that Pip is being bullied.
(b) He thinks that Pip is trying to blackmail him.
(c) He thinks that Pip is threatening someone.
(d) He thinks that Pip is hiding important evidence.

14. What phone is Naomi now using?
(a) She is sharing a phone with Cara.
(b) Pip's mother's spare phone.
(c) A burner phone that Max gave her.
(d) One of her own, from years ago.

15. What does Pip suggest to Daniel might have been a conflict of interest?
(a) His report for the Hastings' insurance claim.
(b) His search of the Bell residence.
(c) His statement to Ravi about Sal's guilt.
(d) His taking witness statement about drugs at calamity parties.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pip and Ravi first enter Becca's room, what does Pip suddenly realize?

2. Why do Pip and Ravi go to the inn in Westport at the beginning of Chapter Twenty-Four?

3. What does Kim da Silva obviously think is true about Pip?

4. As she is looking through her evidence at the beginning of Chapter Forty-Seven, what does Pip decide that Mr. Ward must have been mistaken about?

5. Why does Pip tell her mother that she heard a rumor at school about break-ins in their area?

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