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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item breaks on the first Easter described in the book and ends up in the garage with two others just like it?
(a) A kitchen chair.
(b) A plastic rabbit statue.
(c) An inflatable pool.
(d) A television set.

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

3. Besides her weight loss, what physical clue to Lorelei's ill health does Meg notice during Easter of 1999?
(a) Her skin has a yellow tint.
(b) She has a bald patch.
(c) She is unsteady on her feet.
(d) Her hands tremble.

4. What does Kayleigh accuse Vicky of?
(a) Pretending to be a lesbian.
(b) Stealing from Lorelei.
(c) Ignoring her daughters' needs.
(d) Enabling Lorelei's unhealthy behavior.

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

6. When Beth is aggressively trying to seduce Jason, what is she really thinking about?
(a) Her jealousy of Meg.
(b) Her failed relationship with Simon.
(c) The condition of her mother's house.
(d) Bill watching her with Jason.

7. When Rory comes to visit for Easter, what has changed about his hair?
(a) He has dyed it scarlet, to match Kayleigh's hair.
(b) It is long, dirty, and matted.
(c) Its color has reverted to the pale yellow of his childhood.
(d) He has shaved it off and tattooed his scalp.

8. At the pool in Greece, when Meg catches sight of the elegant woman with two daughters for the second time, what eases her jealousy and makes her feel better about her own life?
(a) The woman has lost track of one of her daughters.
(b) The woman is tipping a server with a handful of coins.
(c) The woman does not appear to have a partner.
(d) The woman's children are ignoring her.

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

10. What bribe did Meg use to get Molly to come to Bird House with her?
(a) Time away from school.
(b) A new cellphone.
(c) First choice of Lorelei's possessions.
(d) A fancy hotel.

11. What is the name of Meg's third child?
(a) Theodore.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Bill.
(d) Elliot.

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

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

14. 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?
(a) She feels guilty about not being at Bird House on Easter.
(b) She does not actually enjoy being around small children.
(c) She does not want to risk revealing her feelings for Bill.
(d) She is uncomfortable in Meg's super-clean home.

15. When Bill says that Rory is different from everyone else in the Bird family, what does Beth compare her family to?
(a) A vacation tour bus about to go over a cliff.
(b) A poorly thought-out guest list at a dinner party.
(c) A circus filled with angry, caged animals.
(d) A n unethical science experiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Easter lunch in 1986, what does Meg get upset about her mother having so many of?

2. What seems to be the main reason that Lorelei favors Rhys?

3. Who is the only person that scares Vicky?

4. What does Kayleigh joke about at Easter that makes everyone uncomfortable?

5. Who is the first person that Beth suspects knows about her affair with Bill?

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