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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the descriptions of Bird House in the Epilogue meant to convey?
(a) Beth and Rory have made it a warm and welcoming home.
(b) Beth has more energy for fixing up the house than Rory does.
(c) No one has any interest in preserving Lorelei's memory.
(d) The shadow of the past is still palpable in Bird House.

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

3. In Chapter 9, what causes Beth to think she might need some medical attention?
(a) She repeatedly finds herself staring absently into space.
(b) Her heart races and she gets very pale.
(c) Her recurring nightmares are keeping her from sleeping.
(d) She is having trouble remembering basic details of her life.

4. What piece of information does Colin reveal about Tia during his visit to Rory?
(a) She has neither British nor Spanish citizenship.
(b) She is sad and confused about where her father has gone.
(c) She has been very sick for several weeks.
(d) She calls her mother's new boyfriend "Dad."

5. Who texts Meg while she is at dinner with Molly and Colin in the village?
(a) Kayleigh.
(b) Bill.
(c) Rory.
(d) Beth.

6. After the first day of clearing out Bird House, what kind gesture does Meg make toward Colin?
(a) She invites Tia to come and stay with her and Molly in London.
(b) She tells him that he can keep anything he wants to from Bird House.
(c) She offers to pay for his return ticket to Spain.
(d) She invites him to come back to the hotel to take a shower and have dinner.

7. On page 247, whom does Lorelei refer to as "an utter bitch"?
(a) Meg.
(b) Kayleigh.
(c) Maddy.
(d) Molly.

8. In her February 15th email, what does Lorelei reveal about her plan to come visit Jim?
(a) She thinks that her ill health will make it impossible for her to ever leave home again.
(b) She will practice driving around her village first, as she has not driven her car in years.
(c) She will clear some space at Bird House so that he can come to her place instead.
(d) She will practice first by spending the night nearby, at Maddy's place.

9. In her email to Jim on the 11th of January, what does Lorelei say is the reason she stopped speaking to Colin?
(a) He stopped sending her money.
(b) He failed to protect Rory from Owen.
(c) He gave away some of Lorelei's possessions.
(d) He moved in with Kayleigh.

10. Where does Beth tell Meg she intends to raise her daughter?
(a) The Cotswolds.
(b) Sydney.
(c) London.
(d) Andalusia.

11. What does Beth chiefly notice about Meg when they are first reunited in September of 2006?
(a) Meg's kindness.
(b) Meg's weight.
(c) Meg's wealth.
(d) Meg's happiness.

12. 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) Colin cannot tell her two older sons apart.
(d) Kayleigh is pregnant again.

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

14. What is uncharacteristic about Beth's behavior during the beginning of Vicky's wake?
(a) She is sociable.
(b) She is drinking.
(c) She is kind to Kayleigh.
(d) She offers to watch the children.

15. Why is Rory unable to travel around with Colin when Colin comes to Thailand?
(a) Rory does not have enough money.
(b) The police are looking for Rory.
(c) Rory has lost his passport.
(d) Owen will not give him time off of work.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Rory is arrested, what does he decide is probably true?

2. What is the pattern on the dress that Meg and Beth buy for Lorelei to wear for her funeral?

3. What word does Molly use on page 276 to describe how she remembers Lorelei?

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

5. What are the details about Meg, her children, and Bill in the car on their way to Bird House in the Epilogue meant to convey?

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