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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jane act as a dutiful wife?
(a) At school and out to dinner with guests.
(b) At board meetings and public functions.
(c) At fundraisers for the San Diego Center for Coastal Studies.
(d) At all times.

2. What does Jane do when she spots Joley?
(a) She runs to him.
(b) She runs the other way.
(c) She walks over to him.
(d) She waves at him.

3. When Tall Neck sells a convertible MG to Jane, of what is he unaware?
(a) It is brand new.
(b) He has left a manila envelope with $600 in the MG.
(c) It is not running well.
(d) It is stolen.

4. When the truck stops at a roadside diner, what does Earl attempt to do?
(a) Molest Rebecca.
(b) Buy her dinner.
(c) Help Rebecca out of the truck.
(d) Give Rebecca his phone number.

5. Emotionally repressed Oliver attempts to get back to work by doing what?
(a) Drafting an article on humpback whales for the Journal of Mammology.
(b) Working in a zoo.
(c) Setting up meetings with other researchers.
(d) Heading to the east coast to observe whales.

6. When their mother found Joley in Jane's room one morning what did she do?
(a) She warned him not to leave.
(b) She warned him to stay in his own room at night.
(c) She told him to stay quiet.
(d) She told him to sleep in the living room.

7. What does the gas station attendant recognize?
(a) Oliver's gas can.
(b) Oliver's name.
(c) Oliver's truck.
(d) Oliver's voice.

8. Why does Sam undergo two operations?
(a) He has trouble hearing.
(b) He cannot walk.
(c) He is cross-eyed.
(d) He has cancer.

9. In his instructions for the next leg of the journey, where does Joley direct Jane?
(a) To Las Vegas.
(b) To Lincoln.
(c) To Salt Lake City.
(d) To Denver.

10. Where does Oliver's car run out of gas?
(a) In Content, Colorado.
(b) In Fancyfree, Kansas.
(c) In Carefree, Arizona.
(d) In Happy, Nebraska.

11. How does Mother try to help Joley sleep?
(a) She buys him a television to watch.
(b) She sings him a lullabye.
(c) She buys Joley a machine that plays water sounds.
(d) She gives him sleeping pills.

12. The morning after having sex with Joellen, Sam stands near the barn thinking about what?
(a) Why he had sex with Joellen.
(b) Whether or not he likes Joellen.
(c) His methods to minimize the pesticides on his farm.
(d) What he should get done today.

13. What does Hadley explain to Rebecca about Sam?
(a) He is not very nice.
(b) He is not fond of girls raised in the suburbs of Boston, like Newton.
(c) He does not know how to talk to women.
(d) He is an angry man.

14. How does Oliver confidently form a plan to track Jane and Rebecca?
(a) He tracks Jane's cell phone.
(b) He hires a private investigator.
(c) He called the police.
(d) He uses the same techniques he uses to track whales.

15. At a diner, how do Jane and Rebecca introduce themselves?
(a) As sisters.
(b) As Lila and Pearl.
(c) As Janet and Rachel.
(d) As Jane and Rebecca.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his second letter to Jane, about what does Joley write?

2. After years of being unwilling to swim, what happens to Jane?

3. When Jane stained the oak door to Oliver's office, why did she shriek?

4. What does Jane find when they reach Jake's?

5. In his first letter to Jane, about what does Joley write?

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