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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much food do G.H. and Ruth have in the house?
(a) Enough for a few days.
(b) Enough to last for years.
(c) Enough for a few weeks.
(d) Enough to last for months.

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

3. What does Amanda do as a pretense once the people on the porch are inside the house?
(a) Read a book.
(b) Cook a new dinner.
(c) Dial the police.
(d) Check on the kids.

4. Why does Amanda do the New York Times crossword on her phone?
(a) She loves it.
(b) Her mother always did it.
(c) She is afraid of dementia.
(d) Her boss requires her to do it.

5. Who was Ruth's and G.H.'s contractor on the house?
(a) Danny.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Rich.
(d) Jim.

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

7. Who is at the door in Chapter 7?
(a) An older Black couple.
(b) A middle-aged man.
(c) Young boys.
(d) A woman.

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

9. What publication is Clay currently writing a piece for?
(a) Staid.
(b) Wired.
(c) The San Francisco Chronicle.
(d) The New York Times.

10. How does Amanda feel about taking calls from work on vacation?
(a) The calls make her feel sad.
(b) She is indifferent about it.
(c) The calls make her feel important.
(d) She is angry about it.

11. What does Amanda find herself thinking that the people who owned the vacation house were rich enough for in Chapter 2?
(a) They were rich enough to be luxurious.
(b) They were rich enough to be thoughtful.
(c) They were rich enough to be tasteless.
(d) They were rich enough to be lazy.

12. What does the memorial at the beach commemorate?
(a) Suffragists.
(b) Possums.
(c) Flight 800.
(d) Veterans.

13. What does the man on the porch offer to Clay and Amanda in return for staying at the house?
(a) A bottle of whiskey.
(b) A refund on their rent.
(c) An extra week at the house free of charge.
(d) A new car.

14. How does Amanda feel when she sees she had 41 emails in Chapter 5?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Necessary and loved.
(c) Sad.
(d) Suspicious.

15. What does Amanda tell Clay to get when they hear a knock at the door?
(a) A gun.
(b) A knife.
(c) A wire.
(d) A bat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the GPS stop working in the end of Chapter 1?

2. What does Rose want to take too many of to the beach?

3. What memory does Ruth recall in Chapter 14?

4. What do Ruth and Amanda try to do to get some news?

5. How does Clay feel towards the people on the porch at the end of Chapter 7?

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