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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ruth and Amanda try to do to get some news?
(a) Open their tablets.
(b) Open their computers.
(c) Run to the neighbors' house.
(d) Turn the television on.

2. What does Amanda ask Clay to do with her before answering the people's request who had shown up on the porch?
(a) Call her mother.
(b) Swim in the pool.
(c) Talk to the kids.
(d) Discuss the matter privately.

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

4. Where do Amanda's and Clay's gaze stray at the beach?
(a) To the beachouses.
(b) To the bars.
(c) To the lifeguards.
(d) To the sharks.

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

6. What does Amanda think about the way the Washingtons look in relation to the question of them owning the house?
(a) She thinks they look as if they are more likely to clean the house than own it.
(b) She does not think anything about the way they look in regard to the question of them owning the house.
(c) She thinks they look too rich to own a home like this.
(d) She thinks they look like exactly the type of people she pictured owning a home like this.

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

8. What do the people on the porch say about the reasons they are there?
(a) Their air-conditioning had broken.
(b) The man had a heart attack.
(c) The woman was ill with fever.
(d) There was a terrible blackout.

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

10. 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.

11. How long ago had the Washingtons bought the house?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 8 years.

12. Where is the vacation house Amanda and Clay have rented?
(a) Ocean City, Maryland.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) The Hamptons area.
(d) North Carolina.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth find problematic about the basement?

2. What had the Washingtons done when Clay and Amanda came back to the kitchen?

3. What does Clay tell Amanda she is terrible with in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Archie want for breakfast that is not available?

5. What do Amanda and Archie do when they first get to the vacation house?

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