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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 does Claude Friedrich arrange to meet with Lily on Tuesday?
(a) After 7 p.m.
(b) After 6 p.m.
(c) Around 3 p.m.
(d) Between 4 and 5:30 p.m.

2. What time is it when the narrator goes for a walk in Chapter 1?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 1:30 a.m.
(c) 1 a.m.
(d) 2:30 a.m.

3. How long do church preschool board meetings typically last?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 1.5 hours.
(d) An hour.

4. Privately, what does Lily call her business?
(a) Shakespeare's Sanitary Service.
(b) Maids to Go.
(c) Busy Hands.
(d) Lily's Cleaning Service.

5. What was the name of the man who kidnapped Lily?
(a) Louis Ferrier.
(b) Andrew Winslow.
(c) Bill Wyatt.
(d) Jack Rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month was it when Lily was scarred?

2. How old is Alvah's granddaughter?

3. In whose window can the narrator see a light when she steps outside to go for a walk in Chapter 1?

4. How long ago did Lily buy her house?

5. How many children do the Winthrops have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Norvel Whitbread receive as compensation for serving as janitor at the Shakespeare Combined Church?

2. Describe Lily's living room.

3. Did Lily have a key to the dentist's office when she first started cleaning there?

4. Why does Lily not tan?

5. Who pays for the cleaning and other chores that Lily does for Marie Hofstettler?

6. Why does Lily think something is wrong when she arrives at the Yorks' apartment?

7. Describe Claude Friedrich.

8. Why has housecleaning turned out to be an intimate occupation for Lily?

9. Why did Rooster, one member of the biker gang, give Lily a gun?

10. Who does Lily call about the body in the park?

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