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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lillian describe Madison's son in Chapter Two?
(a) As beautiful and otherworldly.
(b) As unnatural and cartoonish.
(c) As mysterious and unafraid.
(d) As elfin and unreal.

2. In Chapter Two, what does Madison reveal in her backyard?
(a) A mini zoo.
(b) A tennis court.
(c) A softball field.
(d) A basketball court.

3. Where on the estate will Lillian stay with the twins, as revealed in Chapter Two?
(a) The boathouse.
(b) The attic.
(c) The garage.
(d) The guesthouse.

4. According to Lillian in Chapter One, what did a teenage Madison want to be when she grew up?
(a) Sexy.
(b) Rich.
(c) Famous.
(d) Powerful.

5. What is Madison's maiden name, as revealed in Chapter One?
(a) Bollings.
(b) Billings.
(c) Bullings.
(d) Bellings.

6. As the novel opens, how old is Lillian?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 28.
(d) 30.

7. What request does Lillian make of Carl in Chapter Five?
(a) To allow the twins to have their own phones.
(b) To let the twins go off the estate.
(c) To turn off the sprinkler system.
(d) To enroll the twins in school.

8. What does Jasper tell Lillian in Chapter Two?
(a) That whatever happened with the twins was his fault.
(b) That whatever happened with the twins was no one's fault.
(c) That whatever happened with the twins was Madison's fault.
(d) That whatever happened with the twins was his ex-wife's fault.

9. When Lillian first glimpses the twins in Chapter Three, what does she think of them?
(a) She thinks they look wobbly and weird.
(b) She thinks they look infantile.
(c) She thinks they look deformed.
(d) She thinks they look elderly.

10. In Chapter Three, what does Lillian think as she watches the twins burn for the first time?
(a) That it is a tremendous sight.
(b) That it is an exciting sight.
(c) That it is an awful sight.
(d) That it is a beautiful sight.

11. According to Madison in Chapter One, for what position is her husband being considered?
(a) Secretary of Defense.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) Secretary of Agriculture.
(d) Secretary of Education.

12. According to Lillian in Chapter One, where does Madison live?
(a) Knoxville, Tennessee.
(b) Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) Nashville, Tennessee.
(d) Franklin, Tennessee.

13. According to Carl in Chapter Five, what is connected to Lillian?
(a) His happiness.
(b) His livelihood.
(c) His reputation.
(d) His family.

14. In Chapter Three, when the twins ask Lillian if she will ever leave them, how does she reply?
(a) "Soon."
(b) "Never."
(c) "Later."
(d) "Presently."

15. What surprising information about the fire does Bessie reveal in Chapter Five?
(a) Sometimes the fire hurts the twins.
(b) Sometimes the twins are frightened by the fire.
(c) Sometimes the twins can stop the fire.
(d) Sometimes the fire begins in their mouths.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lillian in Chapter One, what punishment did Lillian receive in high school, instead of Madison?

2. When Lillian goes to visit Madison in Chapter One, how does she travel?

3. Who intervenes on the twins' behalf at the end of Chapter Four?

4. How do the twins view Lillian, according to their conversation in Chapter Five?

5. Who attacks Lillian in Chapter Three?

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