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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the names of the Ansel twins?
(a) Maddie and Mason
(b) Jessica and Mason
(c) Maggie and Mason
(d) Jessica and Jason

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

4. What does Dolores do when she sees the dog?
(a) Veers left
(b) Runs over it
(c) Backs up
(d) Veers right

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose perspective is Chapter 2 told?

2. What does Billy look at when he moves about his house?

3. What happens when Billy and his family stop at a grocery while on vacation?

4. What is Billy's wife's name?

5. Bear Otto's parents are _______________ and artists.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Billy's personal situation at the time he met Risa?

2. Why is Nichole Burnell so important to Mitchell and his case?

3. How many people tell this story?

4. How does Dolores describe the Lamston kids?

5. What is Mitchell Stephenson's opinion about the bus crash being an accident?

6. What social interactions does Nichole have now?

7. What is Mitchell's personal sorrow regarding his daughter, Zoe?

8. Why do so many people tell Nichole she is lucky?

9. From whose perspective is Chapter 4 written?

10. How does Dolores manage her life after the bus crash?

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