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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 does Melissa say about marriage in Chapter 12?
(a) She says she wants to marry Michael.
(b) She says she has been married twice and it never worked out.
(c) She says she is never getting married.
(d) She says she wants to marry Damian.

2. What does Alice tell Melissa to put on her windowsill to help with the night-things?
(a) Half an onion.
(b) Styrofoam.
(c) A cross.
(d) A hair clipping.

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

4. What does Melissa see in the house that disturbs her in Chapter 13?
(a) A black wavy line on the wall by the stairs.
(b) A group of dead mice in the bathroom.
(c) A crack in the window she does not remember.
(d) A mysterious painting that came from nowhere.

5. 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 tribes based on their interests.
(c) In separate villages, with children staying with the women.
(d) In large family units who spend all their time together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the holiday representative who comes to visit the group of friends in Chapter 12?

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

3. Why does Justin go out looking for Ethan the night he is killed?

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

5. Who does Justin's mother run into on the street the night of Justin's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the circumstances under which Michael and Rachel have their first sexual encounter?

2. What two things happen to Ria immediately after Christmas that further deepen Melissa's suspicion that they are being haunted?

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

4. What does Melissa tell Michael about in Chapter 11 that allows them to bond for a brief moment?

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

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

7. In Chapter 13, what appears in the house that Melissa is disturbed and perplexed by?

8. What does Michael tell Damian in Chapter 14 was the worst thing about the process of breaking up with Melissa?

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

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

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