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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. Why is Meg pleased that Bill decides not to come to Vicky's funeral?
(a) She wants a chance to confront her father without Bill intervening.
(b) She is tired of Bill's grouchy, hostile attitude toward her and the children.
(c) She knows that Bill never liked her mother or Vicky.
(d) She wants both Beth and the funeral to herself.

2. What is Beth trying to talk to Meg about when Molly interrupts their phone call to complain about Alfie and her father?
(a) Beth is trying to explain how miserable she is and why she feels like a failure.
(b) Beth is trying to convince Meg that she is not lonely and does not need to start dating.
(c) Beth is trying to describe how uncomfortable Vicky's relationship with Lorelei makes her.
(d) Beth is trying to defend Lorelei's way of grieving over Rhys.

3. What does Kayleigh joke about at Easter that makes everyone uncomfortable?
(a) Bill and Beth having an affair.
(b) Rory being a pedophile.
(c) Vicky and Lorelei's relationship.
(d) Rhy's reasons for his suicide.

4. What does Lorelei say is the cause of her isolation from the rest of her family?
(a) Her desire to live in the moment.
(b) The events following her partner's death.
(c) The family's pain over the loss of Rhys.
(d) Her hoarding disorder.

5. When Meg enters Bird House to start clearing it out, how long has it been since she was last there?
(a) Three years.
(b) Six years.
(c) A year.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides Vicky's funeral, what does Kayleigh say brought her back to England?

2. In her email to Jim on the 11th of January, what does Lorelei say is the reason she stopped speaking to Colin?

3. What is Meg's reaction to the news about Lorelei and Vicky's romantic relationship?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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