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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 was small and sickly when he was born.
(b) He is also a collector of discarded objects.
(c) He is the youngest child.
(d) He is the only one who looks like her.

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

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

4. 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 manipulative and dishonest.
(c) Kayleigh is a drama queen.
(d) Kayleigh will never accept Lorelei.

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

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

7. What job does Beth go to school to learn to do?
(a) Hair stylist.
(b) Nurse's aid.
(c) Nursery school teacher.
(d) Secretary.

8. What do the last two pages of Chapter 5 imply is the reason Beth cannot give up her relationship with Bill?
(a) There is something inherently self-destructive about Beth.
(b) He is a temporary escape from her life at Bird House.
(c) She has fallen deeply in love with him.
(d) Sleeping with Bill is part of Beth's need to compete with Meg.

9. 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 does not appear to have a partner.
(c) The woman's children are ignoring her.
(d) The woman is tipping a server with a handful of coins.

10. What is Lorelei looking for when she discovers that some of her things are missing?
(a) A marble figurine.
(b) A pack of washcloths.
(c) The deed to the house.
(d) A paperback book.

11. When Meg finally talks to Rory via Skype after Lorelei dies, where is Rory?
(a) Indonesia.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) The Philippines.
(d) Thailand.

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

13. 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) Vicky and her children are invited.
(c) No one plans to visit Rhys's grave.
(d) Her father is missing Easter.

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

15. 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) The baby looks like the Birds and reminds him of home.
(c) He and Kayleigh have been given a nicer house to live in.
(d) He hopes that he can be a better father than Colin was.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Bill says that Rory is different from everyone else in the Bird family, what does Beth compare her family to?

3. What issue do Rory and Kayleigh seem to be fighting about when they visit for Easter?

4. Which item that Lorelei collected as a child seems to disturb Meg the most?

5. What does Lorelei tell Rory she needs to do instead of helping him look for his birth certificate?

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