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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. How long had Lily been out of college at the time she was scarred?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. What was the name of the man who was an accomplice to Lily's kidnapping?
(a) David Smith.
(b) Matt Phillips.
(c) Harry Wheeler.
(d) Bryan Wilson.

3. How many students are in Lily's karate class on Wednesday night?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

4. When did Sarah, Alvah's granddaughter, get married?
(a) 3 months ago.
(b) Last year.
(c) 6 months ago.
(d) 2 years ago.

5. How long has Lily lived in Shakespeare?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator wear when she goes for a walk in Chapter 1?

3. What day of the week is garbage picked up in Lily's part of town?

4. Where might Lily take Marie Hofstettler on the days Lily works for her?

5. How long ago did Lily buy her house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Claude Friedrich.

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

4. How did Marshall know that Lily had scars on her torso?

5. What does Lily do for a living?

6. How was Lily kidnapped?

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

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

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

10. Why is Lily's house a shotgun house?

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