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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Billy and Lydia do while on vacation?
(a) Smoke pot
(b) Get drunk
(c) Painted
(d) Snorkeled
2. What are the names of the Ansel twins?
(a) Maddie and Mason
(b) Maggie and Mason
(c) Jessica and Jason
(d) Jessica and Mason
3. Which of the following did Billy not do on the night his wife went to the hospital for the last time?
(a) Cleaned out her drawers
(b) Cleaned out her closets
(c) Got drunk
(d) Packed all her personal things
4. What does Dolores wonder about the dog that runs in front of the bus?
(a) Did it have its shots?
(b) Was it a stray?
(c) Was it real?
(d) Was it lost?
5. Dolores last stop is in the area of town called ___________________.
(a) Wilmot Flats
(b) Willard Place
(c) Williams Landing
(d) Willamere Estates
6. Which of the theories do the people in town not offer up?
(a) Dolores should not have done her own maintenance on the bus
(b) There should not have been water in the sand pit
(c) The state should have put up guardrails
(d) Dolores needs help for alcohol abuse
7. From whose perspective is Chapter 2 told?
(a) Bear Otto
(b) Dolores Driscoll
(c) Lydia Ansel
(d) Billy Ansel
8. Which of the following is not one of the things consuming Billy when he begins an affair with Risa?
(a) The death of his wife
(b) The needs of his children
(c) Cash flow for his garage business
(d) Buying a house
9. How long has Dolores lived in this town?
(a) 3 years
(b) 6 months
(c) 13 years
(d) 22 years
10. With what has Billy become all too familiar?
(a) Child care
(b) Death
(c) Alcohol
(d) Taxes
11. What beverage does Dolores drink in the bus?
(a) Tea
(b) Coke
(c) Coffee
(d) Water
12. Who is the first narrator to tell the story?
(a) Debbie Dent
(b) DeDe Diamond
(c) Dodie Duchamps
(d) Dolores Driscoll
13. What does Billy look at when he moves about his house?
(a) Fingerprints on the tables
(b) Cracks in the walls
(c) Pictures of his dead wife
(d) His reflection in the windows
14. Which of the following did not happen to the bus in the crash?
(a) Went over an embankment
(b) Swerved off the road
(c) Slid into icy water
(d) Caught on fire
15. What is Dolores' job?
(a) Church organist
(b) School bus driver
(c) School lunch lady
(d) English teacher
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does most of the maintenance on Dolores' bus?
2. What does Dolores need to do before her afternoon school run?
3. What does Billy consider himself to be in the house?
4. What does Mitchell Stephens want to talk to Billy about?
5. What is the temperature on the morning when Dolores starts her story?
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