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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the only room in Bird House that Meg and Molly find is free of Lorelei's hoarded objects?
(a) Rhys's bedroom.
(b) Meg's bedroom.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) Lorelei's bedroom.

2. On page 334, what word does Meg associate with both Colin and Beth?
(a) Sexless.
(b) Insubstantial.
(c) Impartial.
(d) Selfish.

3. What does Beth think is the main reason she did not move to London to live with Meg when she was younger?
(a) Meg's obsessive cleanliness.
(b) Rhys's death.
(c) Lorelei's mental illness.
(d) Her own insecurities.

4. What does the description of Maddy fussing over Beth foreshadow?
(a) Beth's romantic relationship with Maddy.
(b) Beth's fragile mental state.
(c) Beth's financial condition.
(d) Beth's pregnancy.

5. What do the last two pages of Chapter 5 imply is the reason Beth cannot give up her relationship with Bill?
(a) She has fallen deeply in love with him.
(b) Sleeping with Bill is part of Beth's need to compete with Meg.
(c) There is something inherently self-destructive about Beth.
(d) He is a temporary escape from her life at Bird House.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides her weight loss, what physical clue to Lorelei's ill health does Meg notice during Easter of 1999?

2. What is Meg's reaction to Lorelei's eulogy for Vicky?

3. When Bill says that Rory is different from everyone else in the Bird family, what does Beth compare her family to?

4. What is Lorelei looking for when she discovers that some of her things are missing?

5. When Lorelei and Vicky tell Beth about their romantic relationship, how does Beth respond?

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