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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 does Rachel identify as the man she saw Megan kissing on the day before she disappeared?
(a) Scott Hipwell.
(b) Rajesh Gujral.
(c) Kamal Abdic.
(d) Craig McKenzie.

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

3. What is Megan's last name?
(a) Watson.
(b) Smith.
(c) Hipwell.
(d) Anderson.

4. What does Rachel read Dr. Abdic has a previous conviction for in the newspapers on July 23, 2013?
(a) Second-degree murder.
(b) Statutory rape.
(c) Medical malpractice.
(d) Domestic violence.

5. Rachel says early in the novel, "Life is not a paragraph and death is no" what?
(a) "Apostrophe."
(b) "Question mark."
(c) "Parenthesis."
(d) "Sentence."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the artist from the gallery whose picture Scott shows to Rachel on July 21, 2013?

2. In what carriage does Rachel usually sit on the train?

3. What does Rachel note next to the train tracks in the beginning of the novel?

4. What kind of birds does the narrator describe laughing at her in the prologue?

5. Megan says on August 16, 2012, "I had a teacher at school who told me once that I was a mistress of" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Megan respond to Dr. Abdic's rejection on March 21, 2013?

2. How does Rachel respond to seeing Jess kiss a man who is not her husband? Why?

3. How does Rachel envision the relationship between Jason and Jess early in the novel?

4. How did Rachel come to live with Cathy? What is their relationship like?

5. How does Anna feel about living at 23 Blenheim Road?

6. What has Cathy discovered about Rachel's job on July 29, 2013? How does she respond?

7. What profession does Rachel suspect Jason has in the beginning of the novel? Why?

8. On what date does Rachel's narrative begin in the opening of the novel? What is Rachel looking at outside of the train window?

9. Whose picture does Rachel point out when she interviews with Detective Inspector Gaskill on July 19, 2013? Why?

10. Why is Cathy upset with her boyfriend on July 21, 2013?

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