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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the number of Rachel's favorite trackside house?
(a) Number 23.
(b) Number 19.
(c) Number 12.
(d) Number 15.

2. Who is the artist from the gallery whose picture Scott shows to Rachel on July 21, 2013?
(a) Craig McKenzie.
(b) Tom Watson.
(c) Kamal Abdic.
(d) Rajesh Gujral.

3. What is the name of Megan's brother that she describes on September 20, 2012?
(a) John.
(b) Peter.
(c) Jason.
(d) Ben.

4. For how long does Rachel say Megan has been missing as she rides the train on the morning of July 19, 2013?
(a) 215 hours.
(b) 133 hours.
(c) 49 hours.
(d) 24 hours.

5. Where does Megan say she is going to persuade Scott to take her to dinner at an Italian restaurant in the evening on May 16, 2012?
(a) Buckinghamshire Road.
(b) Scotland Road.
(c) Kingly Road.
(d) Evermore Road.

6. What is Tom's last name?
(a) Scott.
(b) Hipwell.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Watson.

7. What term does Rachel use when describing a patient developing feelings for his/her therapist on July 29, 2013?
(a) Subjugation.
(b) Transference.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Inference.

8. What does Rachel presume Jason's job to be in her narrative on July 10, 2013?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A banker.
(d) A doctor.

9. Where does Megan say she keeps traveling back in her head on May 16, 2012?
(a) To Holkham.
(b) To London.
(c) To Binghamton.
(d) To Paris.

10. What does Rachel drink on the evening train on July 5, 2013?
(a) Cabernet Sauvignon.
(b) White Russians.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Pre-mixed gin and tonics.

11. Who took Rachel to the side and told her she needed to go home because she was drunk in her memory from July 24, 2013?
(a) Martin Miles.
(b) Robert Walker.
(c) Rajesh Gujral.
(d) Michael Green.

12. On what day of the week does Rachel's narrative begin in the opening of the novel?
(a) Monday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Tuesday.

13. What does Anna urge Tom to do about Rachel on July 22, 2013?
(a) File for divorce.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Give her a call.
(d) Send her an email.

14. What color hair is Jess described as having?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Red.
(d) Blond.

15. What kind of birds does the narrator describe laughing at her in the prologue?
(a) Buzzards.
(b) Crows.
(c) Ravens.
(d) Magpies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rachel says early in the novel, "Life is not a paragraph and death is no" what?

2. At what time does Rachel describe having taken the train from Ashbury to meet Scott the day before on July 21, 2013?

3. Where does Dr. Abdic say he is from when Megan asks him on September 20, 2012?

4. What does Megan decide to tell Scott as the reason she quit her nannying job on August 16, 2012?

5. Where has Megan's body been recovered on August 1, 2013?

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