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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dolores wonder about the dog that runs in front of the bus?
(a) Was it real?
(b) Was it a stray?
(c) Did it have its shots?
(d) Was it lost?

2. Every morning, the Ansel twins' father ______________________________.
(a) Goes to church
(b) Goes back to bed
(c) Goes to the gym
(d) Follows the bus and waves to his daughters

3. What ends the affair between Billy and Risa?
(a) The school bus crash
(b) They just get tired of each other
(c) She reconciles with her husband
(d) Billy meets someone new

4. What is the relationship between Billy and Risa after the bus crash?
(a) Almost like strangers
(b) Best of friends
(c) Torrid lovers
(d) Enemies

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

6. Where had the wrecked school bus been parked?
(a) The sheriff's department
(b) The city garage
(c) The junkyard
(d) At Billy's garage

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

8. How long ago did Billy's wife die?
(a) 4 months
(b) 4 years
(c) 7 years
(d) 14 months

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

10. Who is the bus passenger who has a learning disability?
(a) Johnnie Walker
(b) Sean Seamus
(c) Sean Walker
(d) Tommy Leonard

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

12. Who was the only eye witness to the bus crash?
(a) Mr. Otto
(b) Will Evans
(c) Bud Shepard
(d) Billy Ansel

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

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

15. How many sons does Dolores have?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 3

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the temperature on the morning when Dolores starts her story?

2. Who is Dolores' second passenger?

3. Who is Mitchell Stephens?

4. From whose perspective is Chapter 2 told?

5. Billy remembers a family vacation in ________________.

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