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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What celebrity did Ruth used to see from her office window sometimes at the school?
(a) Blaine Haynes.
(b) Matthew Modine.
(c) Woody Allen.
(d) Marshall Memor.

3. What does Clay make for dinner the first night they are at the vacation house?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Stew.
(d) Salad.

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

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

6. What does Amanda call Rose that Rose dislikes?
(a) Baby.
(b) Rosie.
(c) Friend.
(d) Sweetie.

7. In Chapter 8, what is one of Amanda's skills?
(a) Angering people.
(b) Carpentry.
(c) Recognizing people.
(d) Soothing people.

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

9. Who does Rose want to visit while on vacation?
(a) Her friend Hazel.
(b) Her teacher.
(c) Her boyfriend Ben.
(d) Her grandmother.

10. What school did Ruth used to work at?
(a) Wind.
(b) Riner.
(c) Hughes.
(d) Dalton.

11. What does Ruth find problematic about the basement?
(a) She hates the stairs.
(b) She thinks it smells.
(c) She dislikes the darkness.
(d) She thinks the colors are awful.

12. What had the Washingtons done when Clay and Amanda came back to the kitchen?
(a) Made drinks.
(b) Set off the smoke alarm.
(c) Made dinner.
(d) Opened all the doors.

13. How does Clay feel towards the people on the porch at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Indifferent to them.
(b) Angry at them.
(c) Terrified of them.
(d) Sorry for them.

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

15. What did the listing for the vacation house say?
(a) Time to unwind - come here.
(b) Find peace in the Hamptons.
(c) A memorable vacation at a tidy getaway.
(d) Step into our beautiful house and leave the world behind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Ruth explain what George does to people who are as confused about it as she is?

3. What does Amanda make for dinner their second night in the vacation house?

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

5. What does Ruth refer to as "old people stuff"?

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