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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 Matt ask Lizabeth to do when they are arguing in the dark in her kitchen?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Kiss him.
(c) Leave him.
(d) Make him breakfast.

2. Why does Emma Newsome have a waffle iron delivered to Lizabeth's house?
(a) She was looking for an excuse to be invited over.
(b) It is a wedding gift.
(c) She knew that something had happened to Lizabeth's kitchen.
(d) She was a generous neighbor.

3. What does Lizabeth say about the man Matt thinks is the intruder?
(a) That she couldn't possibly know if he is the intruder.
(b) That the man waves like the intruder.
(c) That the man is the intruder.
(d) That the man couldn't possibly be the intruder.

4. To what location does Lizabeth take Matt to confront the intruder?
(a) The mall.
(b) Center Street townhomes.
(c) The intruder's office.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

5. What does Matt say he doesn't want his son to have?
(a) A girlfriend.
(b) A cat.
(c) A sports car.
(d) A pierced ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Paul want the boys to accompany him for the weekend?

2. What is the intruder's name?

3. What items does Matt bring from his house to Lizabeth's?

4. What is the name of the neighbor whose house Lizabeth disparages in Chapter 7?

5. Why does Matt not want Lizabeth to cry?

Short Essay Questions

1. The reader learns more about Matt's childhood in Chapter 9 than throughout the rest of the book. Was his childhood happy? What happened to his mother? Describe his childhood relationship with his father.

2. Matt's strained relationship with his father is a source of aggravation for him. Though he doesn't tell Lizabeth the entire story, what happens in Chapter 7 to further bolster that explanation?

3. In fairly typical romance-novel fashion, the story wraps up with Matt and Lizabeth marrying and living happily ever after. Given the short time they've known each other and the tumultuous relationship they have had up to that point, how believable do you find the story? If you find it quite believable, why? What is it about the genre that makes it so popular, and how does that apply to this book?

4. There is an obvious use of irony in Chapter 9 when Richard Hastings makes a particular statement. What is that statement, and why is it ironic?

5. What does Lizabeth do to keep busy when she finds herself bored in her self-imposed prison, and what does Matt do when she does?

6. In the Epilogue, what does Matt do to complete Lizabeth's happiness?

7. At the barbecue, Ferguson steals the ham and runs off. Describe what happens next.

8. What does Matt do to distract Jason and Billy from their worries in Chapter 9?

9. What agreement is struck between Matt and Lizabeth after their jog, and why do you think Matt's purpose is in entering into that agreement?

10. Elsie finds out the first name of the flasher and where he lives. What does Lizabeth choose to do with this information?

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