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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where had Nichole been sitting on the morning of the bus crash?
(a) Halfway back on the right
(b) Right behind the driver
(c) The first seat on the right
(d) In the back center seat

2. Who does Mitchell decide he will not sue?
(a) Wanda Otto
(b) Dolores Driscoll
(c) Nichole Burnell
(d) Risa Walker

3. What surprises Nichole when she returns home from the hospital?
(a) A room addition
(b) The house is a different color
(c) A new car in the drive
(d) A wheelchair ramp

4. Who tells Mitchell about the man for whom the town is named?
(a) Risa
(b) Dolores
(c) Sam
(d) Billy

5. What does Nichole call herself in her mind?
(a) Girl with a past
(b) Wheelchair girl
(c) The last beauty queen
(d) Damaged goods

6. Which of the following is a place that Jenny is safe from her Daddy?
(a) The tool shed
(b) The living room couch
(c) The bathroom
(d) The room she shared with her sister

7. How fast did Nichole say the bus was going?
(a) 72 mph
(b) 55 mph
(c) 82 mph
(d) 65 mph

8. In what month did the accident occur?
(a) December
(b) January
(c) November
(d) February

9. Why does Nichole say she was scared on that fateful morning?
(a) Daddy had abused her again this morning
(b) Daddy had threatened to find her at school
(c) Dolores was speeding
(d) She hadn't studied enough for mid-terms

10. What does Nichole say she took note of on the bus dashboard?
(a) The windshield wiper switch
(b) The speedometer
(c) The heater control panel
(d) The gas gauge

11. What does Mitchell consider the beauty queen to be?
(a) In the wrong place at the wrong time
(b) A great publicity story
(c) Lucky to be alive
(d) The linchpin of his case

12. Who does Nichole want to impact the most with her plan?
(a) Mr. Stephens
(b) The parents of the dead kids
(c) Her Mother
(d) Her Daddy

13. What does Mitchell have in common with the grieving parents of Sam Dent?
(a) They are all Catholic
(b) They are all from New York
(c) They are working class
(d) They have lost children

14. What is the reaction of Nichole's brothers when they see her in a wheelchair?
(a) Rude
(b) Awkward
(c) Pity
(d) No reaction

15. How old is the beauty queen injured in the bus crash?
(a) 14
(b) 12
(c) 18
(d) 16

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nichole feel as if her life has been divided?

2. Which of the following does Nichole not say resides in the private sanctuary of her bedroom?

3. According to Nichole, what did Dolores do when it started to snow?

4. What is the dividing factor in Nichole's life?

5. How did Nichole get up the courthouse steps?

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