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

2. How does Stephanie suggest to Melissa that men and women may have been meant to live in Chapter 12?
(a) Traveling around the world.
(b) In separate villages, with children staying with the women.
(c) In large family units who spend all their time together.
(d) In tribes based on their interests.

3. Whose death is the neighborhood talking about in Chapter 11?
(a) Justin's.
(b) Michael's.
(c) Damian's.
(d) Ian's.

4. Who is the holiday representative who comes to visit the group of friends in Chapter 12?
(a) Donna.
(b) Debbie.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Sarah.

5. What secret is Stephanie keeping from Damian in Chapter 14?
(a) She is pregnant again.
(b) She is sick.
(c) She has a toddler he does not know about.
(d) One of their children is sick.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Michael start to think he will never have a real relationship with Rachel?

3. Who was Justin's mother?

4. Who is Hazel's boyfriend?

5. What does Alice tell Melissa to do about Michael?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Michael react to seeing the things Melissa has put out to ward off the night things and to hearing her concerns about the house?

2. What event shakes Damian to his core in Chapter 13?

3. Why does Michael resist the idea of moving away from London to a suburb?

4. What does Michael begin to realize about Rachel almost immediately after he begins a sexual affair with her in Chapter 8?

5. Who kills Justin and why does this character do it?

6. What does Melissa tell Damian in Chapter 10 that she has never told anyone else before?

7. What is Stephanie trying to work with her daughter Avril on in Spain on vacation?

8. Why is Michael so upset when Melissa tells him who she has slept with in Chapter 13?

9. What does Melissa come to believe even more strongly in Chapter 13 about her house and its effect on her?

10. What happens at the end of Chapter 13 that is shocking and horrifying for both Melissa and Michael?

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