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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lorelei explain to Jim in her New Years email?
(a) Her children's inability to get along with one another.
(b) Her feelings about Rhys's death.
(c) Her relationship with Vicky.
(d) Her estrangement from her children.

2. 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) Lorelei's bedroom.
(c) Meg's bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

3. What is Beth's covert purpose in talking with Bill about her wardrobe and personal style?
(a) She is trying to find out what Bill's preferences are.
(b) She wants an honest opinion about how she dresses.
(c) She wants to favorably contrast herself with her sister.
(d) She is trying to change the subject to something neutral.

4. What does Maddy reveal about herself that makes Vicky see how unfair her choices have been to her daughters?
(a) She is anxious and struggling to stay focused in school.
(b) She has come to hate the holidays, especially Easter.
(c) She is afraid to ask her friends over to the house.
(d) She has been starting to hoard things in her room.

5. What is Meg's husband's name?
(a) Greg.
(b) David.
(c) Ian.
(d) Bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Meg thinks of Lorelei's house as a "warren," on page 150, what is she implicitly comparing her mother to?

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

3. When Meg asks Vicky to watch Molly and Alfie while she has a quick nap, what is Vicky's real reaction?

4. What item breaks on the first Easter described in the book and ends up in the garage with two others just like it?

5. Why has Vicky never been to Meg's home?

(see the answer key)

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