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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What falls onto the lake as Gail is swimming in the lake at the start of the book?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Snow.
(c) Raindrops.
(d) Ashes.

2. What did Alison do as soon as she and Gail walked out onto the campus after the match?
(a) Drink some booze.
(b) Kiss Phil.
(c) Scream at Phil.
(d) Smoke.

3. What state is to the north of the lake according to the descriptions at the start of the story?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Texas.

4. How old is the older child of Mrs. Montgomery who Gail describes as being hyperactive?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

5. What does Gail's mother want to ask if she and Steve have done together?
(a) Had sex.
(b) Gotten married.
(c) Gone swimming.
(d) Kissed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Steve say he has to go before fifth period, offering Alison his seat as he leaves?

2. Who was the author of the poem that Mr. Bauman read in class, "Strange Fits of Passion I Have Known"?

3. Who does Gail call in order to make her feel less scared about being by herself?

4. What month of the year is it when Gail goes swimming in the lake?

5. For how long as Alison been dating Phil, according to the descriptions in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gail decide to do the next day instead of going to school?

2. When Gail is crying at home, what does she lead her mother to believe she is crying about?

3. How does Gail lessen the tension in the argument that she and Steve have at lunch?

4. Why was Phil instructed to invite over another couple for a small dinner party at the house?

5. What does Gail find in her locker after she and Alison go back to their lockers?

6. What does Gail think when she sees her father's car sitting in the gas station on her way to school?

7. What happens when Steve and Gail get to the Lawver residence for the dinner party?

8. What does Mrs. Montgomery do on Saturday nights that she needs to have Gail come over to babysit?

9. What happens when the teacher calls Gail up to the board to solve a problem?

10. What is the memory that Gail recalls as she goes to open up her locker at school?

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