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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 Mimi find herself repeating in her mind immediately after the car accident?
(a) Protect us.
(b) May her memory be a blessing.
(c) There but for the grace of God.
(d) All will be well.

2. What does Alice realize when she and Shenkman and Waldo get home?
(a) Sarah has died.
(b) Theo has died.
(c) Reginald has died.
(d) Ben Wilf is moving out.

3. How does Ben know there was drinking on the night of the car crash?
(a) He finds the beer bottles in the bin.
(b) He smells the alcohol on Sarah.
(c) He saw the kids drinking.
(d) He gave the kids the alcohol himself.

4. How does Shapiro describe Waldo in the end of Part III?
(a) As a soothsayer.
(b) As a mensch.
(c) As a boy genius.
(d) As a zealot.

5. What kind of homework did Sarah often ask for Ben's help with?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Physics.
(c) History.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Ben, Theo and Sarah end up walking the last way towards where Mimi is?

2. What does Ben suspect immediately about the car accident in 1985?

3. In 2020, what world event is changing almost all lives around the globe?

4. What is one thing Sarah regrets about her affair?

5. Who does Theo keep in touch with more than almost anyone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who calls Shenkman to tell him where Waldo is?

2. When does Ben get the angriest he has been in his life?

3. What does Shenkman do when he first meets Theo?

4. What does the man Sarah is having an affair threaten her with?

5. What do Ben and Sarah do to look for Mimi?

6. Why do Sarah and Ben decide not to wake Ben when they find out Mimi is missing?

7. Who calls Mimi and Ben on New Year's Eve in 1999 that makes them very emotional?

8. What does Ben tell Waldo about his night in the playhouse with Mimi?

9. What is the legend around the tree in the Wilf's front yard?

10. What does Ben realize fairly soon after the car accident in 1985?

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