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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dolores last stop is in the area of town called ___________________.
(a) Willard Place
(b) Wilmot Flats
(c) Williams Landing
(d) Willamere Estates

2. Dolores always preferred to err ________________________.
(a) Only once
(b) On the side of the angels
(c) On her own terms
(d) And be forgiven

3. With whom has Billy Ansel been having an affair?
(a) Maddie Evans
(b) Dolores Driscoll
(c) Susan MacKenzie
(d) Risa Walker

4. What did Billy do the night before his children's funeral?
(a) Got drunk
(b) Left town
(c) Had a nervous breakdown
(d) Looked at the mangled school bus

5. The story is told from the perspective of how many narrators?
(a) 1
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2

6. Where does Dolores know Abbott will be when she passes her house?
(a) Getting ready for work
(b) Shoveling the drive
(c) Sitting in his wheelchair
(d) Weeding the garden

7. Billy remembers a family vacation in ________________.
(a) Nassau
(b) Jamaica
(c) Bermuda
(d) Cancun

8. What happens when Billy and his family stop at a grocery while on vacation?
(a) They buy Popsicles
(b) They leave Jessica behind
(c) They buy things for a picnic
(d) They are robbed

9. Who does most of the maintenance on Dolores' bus?
(a) Abbott
(b) Max
(c) Sam
(d) Dolores

10. Why can the eye witness not able to say what happened in the bus crash?
(a) He was changing the radio station
(b) He was talking on his cell phone
(c) His mind was preoccupied
(d) He was unwrapping a sandwich

11. With what has Billy become all too familiar?
(a) Taxes
(b) Alcohol
(c) Death
(d) Child care

12. Which of the theories do the people in town not offer up?
(a) There should not have been water in the sand pit
(b) The state should have put up guardrails
(c) Dolores needs help for alcohol abuse
(d) Dolores should not have done her own maintenance on the bus

13. Which of the following did Billy not do on the night his wife went to the hospital for the last time?
(a) Got drunk
(b) Packed all her personal things
(c) Cleaned out her closets
(d) Cleaned out her drawers

14. Which of the following did not happen to the bus in the crash?
(a) Caught on fire
(b) Slid into icy water
(c) Swerved off the road
(d) Went over an embankment

15. What does Billy consider himself to be in the house?
(a) Intruder
(b) Visitor
(c) Child
(d) Ghost

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the wrecked school bus been parked?

2. Which of the following is not one of Risa's problems?

3. How long has Dolores lived in this town?

4. From whose perspective is Chapter 2 told?

5. Who is the first narrator to tell the story?

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