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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What seems to be the main reason that Lorelei favors Rhys?
(a) He is the youngest child.
(b) He is the only one who looks like her.
(c) He is also a collector of discarded objects.
(d) He was small and sickly when he was born.

2. Who is the only person that scares Vicky?
(a) Rory.
(b) Colin.
(c) Meg.
(d) Lorelei.

3. When Beth comes in from her run and sees her father, her mother, and Vicky fighting, what are they fighting over?
(a) A towel.
(b) A raincoat.
(c) A duffle coat.
(d) A duvet cover.

4. What book does Beth read while she is at Meg's London flat?
(a) I Don't Know How She Does It.
(b) Confessions of a Shopaholic.
(c) Bridget Jones's Diary.
(d) The Nanny Diaries.

5. What does Molly want to do for a living when she grows up?
(a) Own a restaurant.
(b) Work in television.
(c) Design houses.
(d) Practice psychiatry.

6. When Beth returns to Bird House from London, what triggers her memories of herself and her siblings as children?
(a) The children playing in a splash pool.
(b) Maddy's basket of pink Easter eggs.
(c) The art that her mother is adding to the kitchen wall.
(d) Sophie's polka-dotted raincoat.

7. Where is Kayleigh from?
(a) Yorkshire.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Wales.

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

9. What does Rhys get into trouble for at school?
(a) Leaving school without permission.
(b) Lurking outside the girls' changing room.
(c) Swearing at the headmaster.
(d) Leaving frightening messages in a girl's locker.

10. What does Colin tell Rory about Kayleigh when father and son are at the pub together?
(a) Kayleigh has no clear goals in life.
(b) Kayleigh is a drama queen.
(c) Kayleigh will never accept Lorelei.
(d) Kayleigh is manipulative and dishonest.

11. When two teenagers break into Bird House and rob it, what does Lorelei compare the event to?
(a) A movie.
(b) A surgery.
(c) A circus.
(d) A rape.

12. In her email to Jim, whom does Lorelei say might invite her for Christmas?
(a) Maddy.
(b) Meg.
(c) Colin.
(d) Sophie.

13. What does Rory decide is the only good thing about having had a baby?
(a) People sympathize with young parents and expect less work from them.
(b) He hopes that he can be a better father than Colin was.
(c) He and Kayleigh have been given a nicer house to live in.
(d) The baby looks like the Birds and reminds him of home.

14. What is Meg's reaction to the news about Lorelei and Vicky's romantic relationship?
(a) She is pleased for her mother.
(b) She thinks it is more evidence of Lorelei's illness.
(c) She is devastated for her father.
(d) She suspects Vicky's motives.

15. Where does Beth discover Rhys when she gets back to Bird House and is getting ready to take a shower?
(a) Hiding in the shower.
(b) In her parents' bed.
(c) In Meg's room.
(d) Sitting at the table in the dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorelei interrupt Meg's homework to insist she come look at outside one day?

2. What bribe did Meg use to get Molly to come to Bird House with her?

3. When Rhys is talking to his new friend in Spain, what is his attitude toward his mother's current romantic relationship?

4. What is the main thing that makes Beth so eager to get home to Bird House when she stays at Meg's place to help out during Alfie's birth?

5. What is the name of the man that Lorelei writes her emails to?

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