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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her email to Jim in Chapter 12, what comparison between her own situation and Colin's does Lorelei make?
(a) If Colin has a right to live with Kayleigh, Lorelei has a right to live with Jim.
(b) Colin was miserable for most of their marriage, and she was, too.
(c) Colin seems to have gotten over Rhys's death, and it is time for Lorelei to do the same.
(d) If Colin can change late in life, maybe she can too.

2. What is the name of Meg's youngest child?
(a) Harry.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Alfie.
(d) Stanley.

3. 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 necklace with a gold bird charm.
(b) A first-edition copy of Audubon's Birds of America.
(c) A Limoges dove figurine.
(d) A Fabergé egg.

4. When Rory first arrives back in England, whom has he decided to blame for what happened to Rhys?
(a) Meg.
(b) Himself.
(c) Colin.
(d) Lorelei.

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

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

7. 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) Vicky being in their house a day earlier than everyone else remembers.
(b) Rhys and Rory getting into a huge fight that Rory has never admitted to.
(c) Lorelei coming out of his room, looking as if something terrible had happened.
(d) Colin buying a length of rope in the village hardware store.

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

9. From Beth's perspective, what causes her to faint in Meg's living room?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Panic.
(c) Heat.
(d) Fatigue.

10. What does Meg learn is Lorelei's cause of death?
(a) Tuberculosis and malnutrition.
(b) Coronary disease and heart attack.
(c) Lung cancer and respiratory failure.
(d) Sepsis and food poisoning.

11. Where is Colin on Easter of 2005, when he emails all three of his children?
(a) Andalusia.
(b) Chiang Mai.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Sydney.

12. Where is Meg during Vicky's final Easter?
(a) At Bird House.
(b) At her and Bill's house.
(c) In the hospital giving birth.
(d) At Vicky's house.

13. What is the point of the contrast Meg sees between the village computer repair shop and the one near her house in London?
(a) The village is a much more trusting place.
(b) Everyone in the village knows everyone else's business.
(c) London is a more sophisticated and tech-savvy place.
(d) Prices in London are ridiculously expensive.

14. On page 363, what does Lorelei call "the piece of grit" that stuck inside her and "turned everything else to what it is"?
(a) Vicky's moving out with her children.
(b) What happened the night before Rhys died.
(c) Rhy's death by suicide.
(d) The incident between her daughters at Vicky's funeral.

15. As Lorelei grows sicker, whom does she find herself thinking about more and more?
(a) Vicky.
(b) Colin.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Rhys.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Colin confesses to Rory that he has given up on helping Lorelei, how does Rory react?

2. What does the description of Maddy fussing over Beth foreshadow?

3. What threat does Meg make when she sees Lorelei in April of 2004?

4. What does Lorelei say "spirit" is just another word for? (362)

5. In her email to Jim on the 11th of January, what does Lorelei say is the reason she stopped speaking to Colin?

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