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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. Who is Abbot Driscoll?
(a) Dolores' father-in-law
(b) Dolores' son
(c) Dolores' husband
(d) Dolores' brother-in-law

2. 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) Dolores needs help for alcohol abuse
(c) There should not have been water in the sand pit
(d) The state should have put up guardrails

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

4. Most people in town say that __________________________.
(a) Dolores had a heart attack
(b) Dolores Driscoll was drunk
(c) Dolores' bus was run off the road by bikers
(d) They knew something like this wold happen someday

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first narrator to tell the story?

2. What is Dolores' job?

3. Who is the bus passenger who has a learning disability?

4. In what city does Dolores live?

5. Where had Risa been waiting for Billy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Billy's relationship with death.

2. What are the reactions when Nichole lies about Dolores on the witness stand?

3. Who is Bear Otto?

4. What is Dolores' job and how long has she been doing it?

5. From whose perspective is Chapter 4 written?

6. What is Wilmot Flats?

7. Describe Nichole's new bedroom.

8. What is Mitchell Stephenson's first impression of the town of Sam Dent?

9. What near-tragedy occurs when Billy and his wife smoke pot while on vacation in Jamaica?

10. What is Dolores' reputation and why does she take such pride in it?

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