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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clay want to do in Chapter 15?
(a) Make lunch.
(b) Go into town and see if he can find out anything more about what is happening.
(c) Do some home repairs.
(d) Call his boss.

2. What does Amanda make for lunch in Chapter 17?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Cheese and chocolate sandwiches.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Hamburgers.

3. What does Amanda hear that startles her in Chapter 6?
(a) Birds squawking.
(b) Noises outside.
(c) Wolves howling.
(d) A loud boom.

4. What does Rose see in Chapter 13?
(a) Hawks.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Many deer.
(d) Lots of insects.

5. What does Ruth notice with disdain about the kitchen?
(a) There are ants on the counter.
(b) There are clothes everwhere.
(c) There are dirty dishes in the sink.
(d) There is broken glass on the floor.

6. What does someone bring up in Chapter 11 that Amanda does not want to talk about?
(a) Pregnancy.
(b) 9/11.
(c) Money.
(d) Cancer.

7. What does Clay tell Amanda she is terrible with in Chapter 10?
(a) Maternal instinct.
(b) Faces.
(c) Finances.
(d) Cooking.

8. What does G.H. lie to Ruth about in Chapter 12?
(a) That he loves her.
(b) That he thinks Amanda and Clary are nice.
(c) That he loves the house.
(d) That he thinks the blackout is due to something they will laugh about when they hear the cause of it.

9. What do Amanda and Archie do when they first get to the vacation house?
(a) Swim in the pool.
(b) Hike in the mountains.
(c) Eat a snack.
(d) Look through the liquor cabinet.

10. What does the house exterior look like in Chapter 2?
(a) It is stone.
(b) It is white-painted brick.
(c) It is tudor.
(d) It is clapboard.

11. What does Amanda buy for a rainy day at the grocery store?
(a) A puzzle.
(b) Cookie dough.
(c) Pineapple.
(d) A box cake mix.

12. What does the person on the porch say to Clay when he opens the door?
(a) He is sorry to bother them.
(b) He needs to come in right away.
(c) He is a policeman.
(d) He is having a heart attack.

13. What is Rose upset about in Chapter 13?
(a) The television does not work.
(b) The pool is sullied.
(c) The sky is gray.
(d) The weather is too hot.

14. What does Clay think of the lights going out in New York City as?
(a) An Act of God.
(b) A sign that the rapture is coming.
(c) A small disturbance.
(d) An inevitability.

15. Which of the following does Ruth think might be responsible for the blackout?
(a) An electrical grid failure.
(b) Teenage hackers.
(c) The North Koreans.
(d) A flood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had G.H. and Ruth finished the basement for?

2. Who was Ruth's and G.H.'s contractor on the house?

3. What does Clay think is decent proof that the Washingtons are who they say they are?

4. What does Amanda think about the way the Washingtons look in relation to the question of them owning the house?

5. How does Amanda feel about taking calls from work on vacation?

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