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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What beverage does Dolores drink in the bus?
(a) Coke
(b) Coffee
(c) Tea
(d) Water

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

3. What does Dolores take pride in?
(a) Her garden
(b) Her curly hair
(c) Her spotless driving record
(d) Her education

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

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

6. How long has Dolores lived in this town?
(a) 3 years
(b) 13 years
(c) 22 years
(d) 6 months

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

8. What did Billy and Lydia do while on vacation?
(a) Smoke pot
(b) Painted
(c) Snorkeled
(d) Get drunk

9. What does the character in #2 think she saw on the road on that fateful morning?
(a) A groundhog
(b) A raccoon
(c) A dog
(d) A wolf

10. How many children are on the bus when it crashes?
(a) 13
(b) 27
(c) 34
(d) 42

11. Dolores always acted __________________________.
(a) Crazy
(b) Impulsively
(c) Sporadically
(d) As if things were real

12. What is the name of Risa's husband?
(a) Wyatt
(b) Wayne
(c) Wendell
(d) Walker

13. How does Billy deal with his grief?
(a) Sex
(b) Work
(c) Alcohol
(d) Drugs

14. What does Billy look at when he moves about his house?
(a) Fingerprints on the tables
(b) Pictures of his dead wife
(c) His reflection in the windows
(d) Cracks in the walls

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the bus passenger who has a learning disability?

2. What are the names of the Ansel twins?

3. From whose perspective is Chapter 2 told?

4. What is notable about the child in #18?

5. Who does most of the maintenance on Dolores' bus?

(see the answer keys)

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