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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 approaches Alison and Jamie at the party to tell Alison that Dory is worried about her?
(a) Cale.
(b) Alison’s mother.
(c) Lester.
(d) Dory’s uncle.

2. What was Jamie’s father’s occupation when they first moved to Halflead Bay?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Police officer.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Fisherman.

3. What does Jamie’s mother do to the seagull after Jamie is unable to kill it?
(a) She throws it back in the water.
(b) She stomps its head.
(c) She cuts its throat.
(d) She shoots it.

4. Nam’s father tells a story that Nam had never heard before about hiding from whom in a bunker?
(a) American soldiers.
(b) Buddhists.
(c) His family.
(d) VIet Cong.

5. What does Lester tell Jamie is going to happen at practice on Monday?
(a) Lester is going to beat Jamie up.
(b) Jamie is getting kicked off the team.
(c) The whole team is going to beat Jamie up.
(d) Dory is going to beat Jamie up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the main character think of spending time in the bath with at the beginning of “Meeting Elise”?

2. What does Ron realize about Zeno, the man El Padre had kill Hernando?

3. What is one of the things Nam tries to hide from his father when he first arrives at his apartment?

4. After meeting him at the jetty, what does Alison say about the area they walk to near the courthouse ruins?

5. What do Claudia and Eduardo do to the target before they leave him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alison tell Jamie her relationship with Dory is like when they are alone on the pier after the party?

2. Who is Jason Apelman and what was his relationship to Olivia?

3. Where does Henry go to meet his daughter Elise and her fiancé before the concert and what happens there?

4. What does Linda say about Nam’s story after she reads it in the coffee shop?

5. What does Nam try to hide from his father when he arrives at his apartment?

6. What does Cale confess to Jamie when he comes to his house to tell him that Tammie said Dory is going to beat Jamie up at practice?

7. What does Nam find out about his father’s past when he gets drunk at a party in Melbourne and tells his friends his story?

8. What does El Padre tell Ron happened to Hernando after he failed to assassinate him?

9. How do Jamie’s parents stop the fight between Jamie and Dory?

10. How does Alison behave when Jamie goes to Dory’s house to follow through with the fight?

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