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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Whom does Rory have the easiest time relating to on his first day back with his family?
(a) Meg.
(b) Molly.
(c) Beth.
(d) Colin.

4. What does Lorelei say was the long-term result of what happened the night before Rhys died?
(a) She was consumed by memories of being molested as a child.
(b) She was too angry at Rhys to properly mourn his death.
(c) She felt unable to be physically affectionate with her other children.
(d) She became physically alienated from her husband.

5. In her Chapter 8 email to Jim, what does Lorelei compare herself to?
(a) Magpie.
(b) Lark.
(c) Pack rat.
(d) Rabbit.

6. On page 334, what word does Meg associate with both Colin and Beth?
(a) Impartial.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Insubstantial.
(d) Sexless.

7. What interrupted Lorelei's plan to talk to Rhys on Easter about what had happened the night before?
(a) Meg's arrival home from London.
(b) The Easter egg hunt.
(c) Vicky's arrival with the wine.
(d) A family game of Trivial Pursuit.

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

9. What middle name has Beth given her daughter?
(a) Megan.
(b) Athena.
(c) Pandora.
(d) Lorelei.

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

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

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

13. What important item does Rory find in Lorelei's room in Chapter 15?
(a) Lorelei's computer password.
(b) The original of his own birth certificate.
(c) The deed to Bird House.
(d) A handwritten letter from Lorelei.

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

15. 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 gave away some of Lorelei's possessions.
(c) He failed to protect Rory from Owen.
(d) He moved in with Kayleigh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rory unable to travel around with Colin when Colin comes to Thailand?

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

3. When Beth and Meg are lying in the hammock and talking, what does Beth say she remembers from around the time that Rhys died?

4. What is the point of the contrast Meg sees between the village computer repair shop and the one near her house in London?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Vicky's comparison of her cancer's progress to a "whistle-stop sightseeing tour" indicate? (252)

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