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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her Chapter 8 email to Jim, what does Lorelei indicate he has confessed to her in an earlier email?
(a) He was recently released from prison.
(b) He has a substance use disorder.
(c) He is not yet divorced from his wife.
(d) He does not actually live in England.

2. When Beth and Meg are lying in the hammock and talking, what does Beth say she remembers from around the time that Rhys died?
(a) Rhys and Rory getting into a huge fight that Rory has never admitted to.
(b) Vicky being in their house a day earlier than everyone else remembers.
(c) Colin buying a length of rope in the village hardware store.
(d) Lorelei coming out of his room, looking as if something terrible had happened.

3. What does Meg feel when she sees her father, Tia, and Kayleigh entering the pub for the wake?
(a) Hope.
(b) Amusement.
(c) Anger.
(d) Pity.

4. What does the description of Maddy fussing over Beth foreshadow?
(a) Beth's romantic relationship with Maddy.
(b) Beth's financial condition.
(c) Beth's pregnancy.
(d) Beth's fragile mental state.

5. When Colin is in Thailand, what does he tell Rory that Lorelei has begun hoarding?
(a) Easter eggs.
(b) Baby clothes.
(c) Aluminum cans.
(d) Newspapers.

6. What gift did Bill give Meg when he was trying to get her to let him come home after she kicked him out?
(a) A Limoges dove figurine.
(b) A first-edition copy of Audubon's Birds of America.
(c) A Fabergé egg.
(d) A necklace with a gold bird charm.

7. What personal question about his relationship with Kayleigh does Meg ask Colin during dinner in the village?
(a) Whether he and Kayleigh intend to have a baby together.
(b) Whether he and Kayleigh sleep in the same bed.
(c) Whether he was jealous when Kayleigh's other boyfriend still lived with them.
(d) Whether he worries that Kayleigh would rather be with Rory.

8. What is Lorelei beginning to talk with Meg about for the first time when their conversation is interrupted by Vicky's daughters bringing in a cake?
(a) Her reasons for the affair with Vicky.
(b) Her reaction to Rhys's death.
(c) The trauma she suffered in her childhood home.
(d) The possibility of seeing a therapist.

9. How does the family celebrate once they finish clearing their first room at Bird House?
(a) They make plans for their upcoming Easter celebration.
(b) They cook dinner and eat together.
(c) They take a day off to visit Vicky's daughters.
(d) They go into the village to shop for new curtains.

10. Which best describes Lorelei's attitude about Jim's drinking?
(a) She is understanding to the point of almost encouraging him to drink.
(b) She makes it clear that she disapproves of the behavior, not Jim as a person.
(c) She refuses to hear anything about his problem and ignores its existence.
(d) She wishes she had the strength to distance herself from him while he is drinking.

11. At the wake, what does Meg find out from Tia that irritates her?
(a) Colin and Kayleigh have gotten married.
(b) Tia thinks that Colin is her father.
(c) Kayleigh is pregnant again.
(d) Colin cannot tell her two older sons apart.

12. Where does Colin decide to stay while he is in England helping Meg clear out Bird House?
(a) Bird House.
(b) His brother's house.
(c) Meg's hotel.
(d) Vicky's former home.

13. When Meg leaves the pub to find and confront Beth, with whom does she leave her youngest child?
(a) Kayleigh.
(b) Colin.
(c) Tia.
(d) Molly.

14. What is the name of the man Beth is seeing in 2005?
(a) Jason.
(b) Richard.
(c) Ben.
(d) Simon.

15. On the day before Rhys died, what worry about him was Lorelei having?
(a) She worried that he would someday get into trouble she could not get him out of.
(b) She worried that he was losing interest in his own life.
(c) She worried that he was becoming a stranger to her.
(d) She worried that no one would ever love him as much as she did.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Meg during Vicky's final Easter?

2. In Chapter 15, what does Rory search for in the gaps of the garden wall?

3. What does Meg mean when she complains that her family's behavior is "lurid"? (206)

4. When Maddy makes a beautiful Easter lunch, what does Lorelei complain about?

5. What does Meg learn is Lorelei's cause of death?

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