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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dolores need to do before her afternoon school run?
(a) Put chains on the tires
(b) Get a haircut
(c) Get gas
(d) Go to the grocery

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

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

4. What runs out of the area in #30 and frightens Dolores?
(a) Child
(b) Dog
(c) Cat
(d) Deer

5. What can you see when it is snowing and drifting?
(a) Snow fences
(b) Oasis
(c) Optical illusions
(d) Mirage

6. What is notable about the child in #18?
(a) He is left-handed
(b) He has a ponytail
(c) He is adopted
(d) He is paralyzed

7. Bear Otto's parents are _______________ and artists.
(a) Sculptors
(b) Poets
(c) Ex-hippies
(d) Writers

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

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

10. What is Dolores' job?
(a) School lunch lady
(b) English teacher
(c) Church organist
(d) School bus driver

11. Which family is Dolores' first stop on her route?
(a) Lamston
(b) Langdon
(c) Loudon
(d) LaRue

12. In what state does Dolores live?
(a) Massachusetts
(b) Illinois
(c) New York
(d) Texas

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

14. In what city does Dolores live?
(a) Sam Dent
(b) Sam Spade
(c) Sam Houston
(d) Sam Adams

15. Billy has begun to _____________ death.
(a) Expect
(b) Avoid
(c) Anticipate
(d) Embrace

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy consider himself to be in the house?

2. What does the character in #2 think she saw on the road on that fateful morning?

3. Which of the following did not happen to the bus in the crash?

4. Dolores last stop is in the area of town called ___________________.

5. How many children from the family in #14 get on the bus?

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