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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. While trying to sleep the first night at the cottage, what does Mary think Harrold will do once he finds her?
(a) Have her arrested.
(b) Bring them home.
(c) Apologize.
(d) Kill her.

2. What is the relationship between Mary Amesbury and Caroline English?
(a) Sisters-in-law.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Mother and daughter.
(d) Friends.

3. What does Helen bring Caroline when she visits her?
(a) Notes and research on the article she wrote.
(b) Her birth certificate.
(c) Sealed court documents.
(d) Tape recorder.

4. How many children does Muriel have?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) One.

5. How did Mary's mother get to work every day?
(a) Bicycle.
(b) Car.
(c) Train.
(d) Bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Harrold's father live?

2. Where does Helen visit Caroline English?

3. Who is Jeffrey Kaplan?

4. What do Maureen and Harrold do after work most every night when they are living together?

5. Where does Julia bring Mary the first time they meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Muriel Noyers sympathetic to Maureen?

2. Describe Willis Beal and his behavior at Mary's cottage.

3. How does Harrold's father treat Harrold and Maureen when they visit him in Rhode Island?

4. What does Harrold hear when he is talking on the phone with Maureen while she is staying at a hotel in Los Angeles?

5. What does Mary think of the cottage Julia shows her on the point?

6. How does Julia Strout describe Mary to the reporter Helen Scofield?

7. How does Mary "keep the fear at bay" on the first day at the cottage?

8. When is the first time Mary sees Jack Strout?

9. What is one positive memory of Mary's childhood in Chicago?

10. What does Maureen do when she goes to the general store in St. Hilaire?

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