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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. With what has Billy become all too familiar?
(a) Child care
(b) Taxes
(c) Death
(d) Alcohol

2. What is notorious about the children in #14?
(a) They are always late
(b) They pack their lunches
(c) They are very polite
(d) They bring donuts for Dolores

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

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

5. Dolores always preferred to err ________________________.
(a) On her own terms
(b) Only once
(c) On the side of the angels
(d) And be forgiven

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dolores' second passenger?

2. What is the relationship between Billy and Risa after the bus crash?

3. What does Billy consider his only companion now?

4. Billy remembers a family vacation in ________________.

5. What does the character in #2 think she saw on the road on that fateful morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What additional troubles have some of the families endured in the aftermath of the bus crash?

2. What does Billy admit to thinking about as he follows the school bus on that fateful morning?

3. What does Mitchell Stephens think makes him a good lawyer?

4. How does Dolores describe the Lamston kids?

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

6. What does Dolores find particularly sad about Billy Ansel?

7. From whose perspective is Chapter 5 written?

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

9. What surprising information does Billy tell Dolores about Nichole's testimony?

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

(see the answer keys)

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