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

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

3. What had a past therapist urged Amanda not to do with Clay?
(a) Give him the silent treatment.
(b) Be angry with him when he failed to act as she might have.
(c) Idolize him.
(d) Be too soft on him.

4. What vice does Clay have that is meant to be a secret but is not a secret?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Drinking excessively.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Eating chips in the car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the vacation house Amanda and Clay have rented?

2. How long ago had the Washingtons bought the house?

3. What is one major reason Clay keeps repeating that he thinks they should let the Washingtons stay?

4. What does Amanda hear that startles her in Chapter 6?

5. What do the people on the porch say about the reasons they are there?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, why are G.H. and Ruth comforted by the things in the basement of the vacation house?

2. Why do G.H. and Ruth ask to stay the night at the vacation house?

3. In Chapter 17, what do Ruth and Amanda work on together that helps them bond just a little?

4. What is Clay's and Amanda's first impression of the Washingtons in Chapter 7?

5. What does Amanda buy on her trip to the grocery store in Chapter 3?

6. Why do G.H. and Ruth say they did not want to go back into New York City?

7. What does G.H. offer to Clay and Amanda to try to convince them to let him and Ruth stay the night?

8. In Chapter 10, what does Amanda tell Clay she wishes she had of his that she does not actually mean?

9. Why does Amanda like getting emails from work, even when she is on vacation?

10. What does the title "Leave the World Behind" refer to?

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