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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Vicky is watching Molly, what criticism of Meg does Molly voice?
(a) Meg yells at Molly too much.
(b) Meg keeps their home too clean.
(c) Meg throws everything away.
(d) Meg is not nice to Bill.

2. Where are Meg and Beth when Meg asks Beth to come and live with her in London?
(a) In a London bar.
(b) At Meg's flat.
(c) At Bird House.
(d) Waiting in the car for Lorelei.

3. What does Beth think is the main reason she did not move to London to live with Meg when she was younger?
(a) Her own insecurities.
(b) Lorelei's mental illness.
(c) Rhys's death.
(d) Meg's obsessive cleanliness.

4. When Meg is pregnant with Molly and calls her family on Easter, what is she most angry about?
(a) No one knows where Rory is.
(b) No one plans to visit Rhys's grave.
(c) Her father is missing Easter.
(d) Vicky and her children are invited.

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

6. What is significant about the details given about the dress Beth wears on her first date with Jason?
(a) They imply that Beth accepted the date to childishly spite Bill.
(b) They imply that Beth is not trying to impress Jason.
(c) They imply that Beth is trying too hard to be sexy.
(d) They imply that Beth may be becoming a hoarder, too.

7. How is Vicky's attitude toward Meg's children similar to Lorelei's?
(a) They both think that Meg's children are undisciplined.
(b) They both think that Meg's children are just a way to hold on to Bill.
(c) They both think that Meg does not spend enough time with the children.
(d) They both think that Meg has too many children.

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

9. 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.

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

11. What surprise does Vicky arrange for Lorelei during Easter of 1999?
(a) The adults' participation in the egg hunt.
(b) Her sister's and son's visits.
(c) A visit to the cemetery.
(d) A shopping trip for new dresses.

12. Which item that Lorelei collected as a child seems to disturb Meg the most?
(a) Hair.
(b) Cigarette foil.
(c) Clothing tags.
(d) Leaves.

13. When Meg and Molly are in their hotel room together, what does Molly ask her mother to buy her?
(a) A bottle of perfume.
(b) A better phone.
(c) A ticket to go see Rory.
(d) A new pair of shoes.

14. From clues in Lorelei's emails, which character can the reader infer has died by 2010?
(a) Beth.
(b) Pandora.
(c) Rory.
(d) Vicky.

15. When Meg sees the "Beth's Room" sign, what is she suddenly reminded of? (60)
(a) There was a time when all of the Bird children were happy.
(b) She and Beth were always jealous of one another as children.
(c) Beth was secretive even as a child.
(d) Her parents used to buy her and her siblings presents all the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rory most afraid of when he brings Kayleigh home to meet his mother?

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

3. What request does Maddy make that results in Lorelei swearing at and insulting her?

4. How does Vicky accidentally upset Lorelei when she is trying to find a way to get Kayleigh to stop saying crude things in front of the children?

5. When two teenagers break into Bird House and rob it, what does Lorelei compare the event to?

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