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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 is the date in "The Disappearance"?
(a) November 30, 1926.
(b) November 17, 1926.
(c) December 9, 1926.
(d) December 2, 1926.

2. When Nan bought a book for Teddy, what book did she buy for herself?
(a) Tender is the Night.
(b) Tales of the Jazz age.
(c) This Side of Paradise.
(d) The Great Gatsby.

3. When the Marstons are at the Bellefort, how long have they been married?
(a) 12 days.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 30 years.

4. In "The Disappearance," what book does Nan by Teddy?
(a) The Veleveteen Rabbit.
(b) Bambi.
(c) Winnie-the-Pooh.
(d) The Box-Car Children.

5. During Nan's second summer in Ireland, when does the war start and Finbarr enlist?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) July.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only one in Nan's family who had blond hair?

2. How old was Colleen when she died?

3. What movie did Nan see that would remind her how she saw Ballycotton during the War?

4. How old was Nan when the Hundred Days Offensive began?

5. Where was the farm near where Nan's father grew up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Nan not stay in Ireland during the war?

2. How does Nan describe the urge to murder?

3. After Agatha disappears, why does Nan believe she will be all right?

4. How does Nan describe Agatha when she comes to Archie's office on December 2?

5. What is Nan's flat like?

6. What does Finbarr want Nan to do when he sees her in Harrogate?

7. What does Finbarr do when the War comes?

8. How has Archie been hiding Nan in plain sight?

9. How is Teddy being raised, and how does that echo Agatha's childhood?

10. Why was Nan taken to a convent by Finbarr's father?

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