2. What does the dog do when Jason spills his milk?
(a) Jumps on the table.
(b) Runs off with the meat.
(c) Licks up the milk.
(d) Barks loudly.

3. Matt tells Lizabeth that he will help her find what?
(a) The key.
(b) Herself.
(c) A new job.
(d) Her dog.

4. What reason does Lizabeth give for not wanting Matt to go up on her roof?
(a) She is very concerned about his health.
(b) If he falls, they will raise her homeowner's insurance.
(c) She is afraid that he will hurt himself and she will have to take care of him.
(d) She doesn't want him to put a bigger hole in the roof.

5. What game does Matt play with Lizabeth's children?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Hide-and-seek.
(c) Badminton.
(d) Tag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Matt's motorcycle concerns Lizabeth the most?

2. What color is Elsie's car?

3. Who is the person who awakens Lizabeth in Chapter 3?

4. What happens to Matt's business partner?

5. Why does Lizabeth think she holds Matt at arm's length even though she is very attracted to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lizabeth is faced with two opportunities to free herself from the normal constraints of her life when she finds herself in Matt's home. Describe one of these opportunities and how it represents freedom from those constraints.

2. What happens when Lizabeth thinks she hears the flasher throwing stones against her window the morning after her first sighting of him?

3. What possible purpose does the outrageous flasher character have in the storyline? What does he provide the opportunity for?

4. What is Matt's reaction to Lizabeth's forwardness at the construction site in Chapter 1? What does she think his reaction means?

5. Elsie's first impression of Lizabeth's house when she drives up is that Lizabeth still doesn't let reality interfere with her imagination. What is meant by this statement?

6. Aunt Elsie is determined to stay up and see the "pervert." Is her (im)patience rewarded? How does she react to his appearance?

7. In an effort to find out who the flasher is, Matt and Lizabeth devise a plan to expose him. What does their plan entail?

8. How does Lizabeth end up falling in wet cement at the construction site?

9. How does Matt attempt to keep Lizabeth's mind off of her boys being gone?

10. What do you think was the purpose of including the fact that Lizabeth wanted to be a fairy when she grew up?

(see the answer keys)

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