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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. When is Maria often seen traveling?
(a) At night.
(b) Midday.
(c) Early afternoon.
(d) Very early in the morning.

2. What do Gillian and Sally do after Gary leaves?
(a) Start to fight.
(b) Decide to go to their aunts.
(c) Start to pack their bags.
(d) Sit down and tell Antonia and Kylie what is happening.

3. What does Kyle start sending to Ben's house?
(a) Large orders of anchovy pizzas.
(b) Stray animals.
(c) Lilacs.
(d) Roses.

4. How does Gary feel about Sally after he reads her letter several times?
(a) Like she needs some help.
(b) Like he knows her.
(c) He thinks she is hiding something about Jimmy.
(d) Like he doesn't understand her.

5. What does Gillian tell her aunts about Jimmy?
(a) That he almost killed her.
(b) That she killed him with arsenic.
(c) That she shot him.
(d) That she killed him with nightshade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gary begin his search for Hawkins in New York?

2. Why has someone sent Maria a large sum of money?

3. What has sprung up in the yard in the last day?

4. How does Ben talk to Gillian?

5. What do the townspeople gossip about Maria?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gillian tell their aunts about Jimmy and what is their aunts' response?

2. What is the first thing Sally does when Gary comes and sits in her car?

3. Why does Sally become enraged at Gillian for something Gillian says about Sally's daughters?

4. How does Sally meet Gary?

5. Why has Gary come to New York?

6. Who is at the aunts' house for Thanksgiving and what does the letter they receive say?

7. What does Gary realize about Gillian and what does he think is Sally and Gillian's connection to Jimmy?

8. What are the aunts thinking when they arrive at Sally's house?

9. Why did Maria Owens attract attention when she came to Massachusetts?

10. What does Kylie feel about going to her aunts that summer?

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