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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice tell Melissa will help with the so-called night things?
(a) Keeping a plantain under her pillow.
(b) Keeping old newspapers around.
(c) Having a dog in the house.
(d) Keeping wet red paint by the front door.

2. What month does it snow in in Chapter 10?
(a) January.
(b) February.
(c) March.
(d) April.

3. What is Stephanie working on when Damian gets home from his drink with Michael in Chapter 14?
(a) Her novel.
(b) Divorce papers.
(c) Her mural.
(d) A collage of family photos.

4. What does Michael tell Melissa he thinks is really going on with her suspicions about the house in Chapter 13?
(a) He tells her he thinks the house is definitely haunted.
(b) He tells her they need to ask her mother for more advice getting rid of the night things.
(c) He tells her they need a new exterminator.
(d) He tells her he thinks she needs professional mental health help, because the house is not really haunted.

5. What event shakes Damian to his core in Chapter 13?
(a) There is a huge earthquake on the West coast.
(b) A plane his brother was on crashes.
(c) There is a terrorist attack in London.
(d) Michael Jackson dies.

6. What did Ethan's friends call Justin as a nickname?
(a) Bro.
(b) The Snitch.
(c) The Singing Professor.
(d) Einstein.

7. Why does Damian not tell Stephanie about his affair with Melissa?
(a) His therapist told him not to.
(b) He can not bear to see her reaction.
(c) He can not bear to hurt his children.
(d) Stephanie interrupts him before he can.

8. Who does Damian see at his father's grave in Chapter 14?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Alice.
(c) Stephanie.
(d) Melissa.

9. What is Melissa reading in Chapter 12?
(a) A novel by Ta-Nahisi Coates.
(b) A Shakespeare anthology.
(c) Essays by David Brooks.
(d) Work by a Buddhist monk named Thich Nat Han.

10. Where do Michael and Melissa spend at least part of their Christmas?
(a) At Michael's parents' house.
(b) At Melissa's father's house.
(c) In Paris on vacation.
(d) At Damian's house.

11. What does Stephanie try to convince her daughter Avril to do that she does not want to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Go to bed.
(b) Play in the sand.
(c) Jump into the pool.
(d) Eat a new food.

12. Where does Melissa see Michael again in the end of Chapter 15?
(a) At Alice's house.
(b) Hazel's apartment.
(c) The Wiley's New Year's Eve party.
(d) On vacation in Jamaica, where they first met.

13. Who killed Justin?
(a) The gang leader.
(b) A 14 year-old girl.
(c) A street kid named Brick.
(d) A police officer.

14. What does Melissa do when she is cutting Michael's hair in Chapter 13?
(a) Makes one side longer than the other.
(b) Dyes it so it is not so gray.
(c) Cuts him.
(d) Makes a new design with the clippers.

15. Who does Michael call in the middle of the night in Chapter 11?
(a) Melissa.
(b) Alice.
(c) Stephanie.
(d) Rachel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael ask Melissa about when he comes home from work in Chapter 9?

2. What kind of game do the adults play on their last night on vacation in Chapter 12?

3. Where does Melissa go when she flees from her house in fear and confusion?

4. What does the whole group of friends do together in the beginning of Chapter 12?

5. What secret is Stephanie keeping from Damian in Chapter 14?

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