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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the description of Lorelei coming out into the yard during Easter of 2004?
(a) To contrast her girlish appearance and behavior with her actual age.
(b) To demonstrate that Meg's perspective on Lorelei is far from objective.
(c) To show that she is neglecting herself as much as she neglects everything else in her life.
(d) To foreshadow her later interest in starting a new romantic relationship.

2. To what fictional character does Colin unfavorably compare Owen?
(a) Ebenezer Scrooge.
(b) Tony Soprano.
(c) Mr. Burns.
(d) Dr. Frankenstein.

3. What is it reasonable to infer that Rory has found when he finds the two pink-wrapped packages in Lorelei's room?
(a) Vicky's final gifts to Lorelei and Colin.
(b) Vicky's final gifts to him and Beth.
(c) Lorelei's final Easter gifts to Meg and Molly.
(d) Lorelei's final Easter gifts to Maddy and Sophie.

4. Why does Rory find it difficult to talk to his family, at first?
(a) He is overwhelmed with happiness at being home.
(b) He is too angry at them to speak politely.
(c) He is getting over the laryngitis he caught in prison.
(d) He has just spent six weeks at a silent retreat.

5. What does Lorelei blame her respiratory illness on?
(a) Her dirty house.
(b) Old age.
(c) The public baths.
(d) Starvation.

6. Besides Vicky's funeral, what does Kayleigh say brought her back to England?
(a) Wanting to see her own family.
(b) Wanting to help Lorelei.
(c) Wanting to confront Beth.
(d) Wanting Tia to meet the family.

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

8. What is the "follow-on milk" that Meg discovers in Lorelei's kitchen?
(a) Baby formula for older babies.
(b) Milk that has had the lactose removed.
(c) Supplemental nutrition for sick or elderly people.
(d) Plant-based, dairy-free milk.

9. After Rory is arrested, what does he decide is probably true?
(a) He deserves to be punished for what he did to Kayleigh and Tia.
(b) He will be accused of more crimes and probably die in a Thai prison.
(c) Owen will find a way to get him released.
(d) The British embassy will intervene and he will be sent back to England.

10. When Rory is living overseas, which of his family members does he miss the most?
(a) Colin.
(b) Lorelei.
(c) Beth.
(d) Meg.

11. In Chapter 14, how does Lorelei get the money for the repairs her car needs?
(a) She sells a ring.
(b) Jim gives her the money.
(c) She uses her food money.
(d) Colin gives her the money.

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

13. What word does Molly use on page 276 to describe how she remembers Lorelei?
(a) Weird.
(b) Childish.
(c) Magpie.
(d) Fun.

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

15. What is Meg's reaction to Lorelei's eulogy for Vicky?
(a) She is worried by the obvious decline in Lorelei's mental acuity.
(b) She is embarrassed that people now know about Lorelei's and Vicky's romantic relationship.
(c) She is pleased at how well her mother did.
(d) She is angry that Lorelei made the eulogy all about herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rory first arrives back in England, whom has he decided to blame for what happened to Rhys?

2. Why does Beth come home to England in September of 2006?

3. What is the first symptom of illness that Lorelei reveals to Jim?

4. What is the name of the man Beth is seeing in 2005?

5. When Meg realizes that they will need more help with clearing out Bird House, what suggestion of Colin's does she reject?

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