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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Rhys is talking to his new friend in Spain, what is his attitude toward his mother's current romantic relationship?
(a) Scornfully dismissive.
(b) Respectfully humorous.
(c) Casually apathetic.
(d) Bitterly angry.

2. 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 does not appear to have a partner.
(b) The woman is tipping a server with a handful of coins.
(c) The woman's children are ignoring her.
(d) The woman has lost track of one of her daughters.

3. 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?
(a) She suggests that it is time for the egg hunt.
(b) She asks Kayleigh to help her in the kitchen.
(c) She sends Rory and Kayleigh on an errand.
(d) She sends all of the children over to Colin's.

4. What is Rory most afraid of when he brings Kayleigh home to meet his mother?
(a) Seeing both his home and his girlfriend more objectively, through others' eyes.
(b) Explaining Vicky's and her children's constant presence in his family home.
(c) That Kayleigh will want to see Rhys's room and he will have to go in there for the first time in years.
(d) Kayleigh's tendency to be blunt and even harsh in her judgments.

5. What does Lorelei tell Jim that she says she has never told anyone else?
(a) She was never actually in love with Colin.
(b) She regrets ever having had children.
(c) She was not allowed to attend her father's funeral.
(d) She thinks she knows why Rhys killed himself.

6. Why has Vicky never been to Meg's home?
(a) She does not like Bill.
(b) Lorelei refuses to leave home overnight.
(c) Meg makes her feel unwelcome.
(d) She has no one to watch Sophie and Maddy.

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

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

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

10. What is the name of the man that Lorelei writes her emails to?
(a) Tim.
(b) Bob.
(c) Tom.
(d) Jim.

11. When Lorelei and Vicky tell Beth about their romantic relationship, how does Beth respond?
(a) She pretends they did not tell her.
(b) She threatens to go live with Colin.
(c) She disappears for several days.
(d) She throws up in the sink.

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

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

14. When Meg and Molly enter Bird House after Lorelei's death, where do they realize she has been sleeping?
(a) On the floor.
(b) In a chair.
(c) In the bathtub.
(d) On a hammock.

15. What does Lorelei interrupt Meg's homework to insist she come look at outside one day?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A baby bird.
(d) A rainbow.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Beth discover Rhys when she gets back to Bird House and is getting ready to take a shower?

4. What does Lorelei's attitude toward the birth of Meg's second child seem to be?

5. In April of 2000, on Easter Sunday, what does Beth promise herself she will accomplish before Easter of 2001?

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