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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 is Amanda worried about concerning the Washingtons?
(a) That they might be frauds.
(b) That they are lying about the blackout.
(c) That they might have cameras recording them.
(d) That they will steal Amanda's money.

2. What memory does Ruth recall in Chapter 14?
(a) Her honeymoon.
(b) Her own wedding.
(c) Her mother's funeral.
(d) A family trip to Italy.

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

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

5. What does G.H. drink in Chapter 11?
(a) Cranberry juice.
(b) Old whisky.
(c) Wine.
(d) Gin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amanda call Rose that Rose dislikes?

2. In Chapter 10, why is Amanda angry at Clay?

3. Where do Amanda's and Clay's gaze stray at the beach?

4. What does Ruth notice with disdain about the kitchen?

5. Who is Ruth's and G.H.'s daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do both Clay and Amanda react when they hear a noise in Chapter 6?

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

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

4. What happens to Clay that unsettles him in Chapter 16?

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

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

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

8. What habit does Clay have that is bad for his health but he still performs relentlessly?

9. What does Ruth notice that she does not like about Clay's and Amanda's presence in the house?

10. What racist thought does Amanda have about the Washingtons in relation to the vacation house?

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