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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Meg during Vicky's final Easter?
(a) In the hospital giving birth.
(b) At Vicky's house.
(c) At Bird House.
(d) At her and Bill's house.

2. What does Lorelei make too many of for every Easter lunch?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Cakes.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Rolls.

3. When Rhys is talking to his new friend in Spain, what is his attitude toward his mother's current romantic relationship?
(a) Casually apathetic.
(b) Respectfully humorous.
(c) Scornfully dismissive.
(d) Bitterly angry.

4. What does Meg learn is Lorelei's cause of death?
(a) Coronary disease and heart attack.
(b) Tuberculosis and malnutrition.
(c) Sepsis and food poisoning.
(d) Lung cancer and respiratory failure.

5. Which family member is the one to first discover Rhys's body?
(a) Rory.
(b) Colin.
(c) Beth.
(d) Meg.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Meg is pregnant with Molly and calls her family on Easter, what is she most angry about?

2. When Colin is in Thailand, what does he tell Rory that Lorelei has begun hoarding?

3. In Chapter 9, what does Vicky's comparison of her cancer's progress to a "whistle-stop sightseeing tour" indicate? (252)

4. What is Lorelei beginning to talk with Meg about for the first time when their conversation is interrupted by Vicky's daughters bringing in a cake?

5. What is the "follow-on milk" that Meg discovers in Lorelei's kitchen?

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