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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 landmark does Clay look for to show him the way back to the vacation house?
(a) The Starbucks.
(b) The soup kitchen.
(c) The egg shack.
(d) The large rock.

2. What music does Ruth tell the others she loves in Chapter 24?
(a) Billie Eilish.
(b) Green Day.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Swan Lake.

3. What does Clay suggest that is subversive in Chapter 29, which Amanda hesitates before agreeing to?
(a) Skinny dipping.
(b) Robbing the house next door.
(c) Sitting naked outside and smoking.
(d) Leaving without the kids.

4. Why does Rose get startled in Chapter 19?
(a) She walks through a spider web.
(b) A bee stings her.
(c) A hummingbird runs into her.
(d) She steps on a thorn.

5. Where do Amanda's parents live?
(a) Toldeo.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Santa Fe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 25, what book does Archie take to bed with him?

2. What does Ruth tell Amanda she cannot do for her?

3. What does Clay briefly considering using to try to understand the person he meets in Chapter 20?

4. What does G.H. say about the quiet in Chapter 30?

5. What does Archie do when Amanda goes to check on him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Archie in the woods that he does not even feel but that the narrator notes?

2. In Chapter 20, how does Clay feel about the vacation as he drives around, lost?

3. In Chapter 24, what does Ruth say is the last thing she would like to hear on earth?

4. Where do Rose and Archie go in Chapter 19 together?

5. In Chapter 26, what happens to Archie?

6. In Chapter 31, what does the narrator reveal about "the noise"?

7. In Chapter 26, what does Amanda ask Clay to do for fear that the power might go out soon?

8. How does Clay react to the Spanish-speaking woman who approaches him in Chapter 20?

9. In Chapter 21, what does Rose see in the woods that she points out to Archie?

10. In Chapter 26, what does Rose do as a diversion for herself and the others in the house, and how is this gesture received?

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