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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maddy reveal about herself that makes Vicky see how unfair her choices have been to her daughters?
(a) She has come to hate the holidays, especially Easter.
(b) She has been starting to hoard things in her room.
(c) She is anxious and struggling to stay focused in school.
(d) She is afraid to ask her friends over to the house.

2. Which is the only room in Bird House that Meg and Molly find is free of Lorelei's hoarded objects?
(a) Lorelei's bedroom.
(b) Rhys's bedroom.
(c) Meg's bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

3. When Meg and Beth talk on the phone during Meg's vacation, what memory from their childhoods do they jokingly allude to?
(a) Beth's habit of trying to collect all the pink eggs at Easter.
(b) Colin's plan to take a family trip to Greece.
(c) Lorelei's obsession with the foils from chocolate eggs.
(d) Rhys's strange habit of staring into space.

4. When Meg asks Vicky to watch Molly and Alfie while she has a quick nap, what is Vicky's real reaction?
(a) She wonders if Meg is really just using the children to spy on her and Lorelei.
(b) She is angry that watching the children will interfere with her plans for the day.
(c) She is flattered that Meg trusts her enough to ask her to watch them.
(d) She thinks that Bill or Colin should take responsibility and watch the children.

5. When Meg finally talks to Rory via Skype after Lorelei dies, where is Rory?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Indonesia.
(d) The Philippines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gesture of Jason's does Beth compare favorably with Bill's usual behavior?

2. What does Lorelei explain to Jim in her New Years email?

3. From Meg's perspective, what was Rory's main reaction to Rhys's death?

4. When Meg is pregnant with Molly and calls her family on Easter, what is she most angry about?

5. How old is Maddy when Lorelei first stages an Easter egg hunt for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Kayleigh is talking to Beth about quitting smoking, what does Beth assume she is really saying, and why?

2. How does Colin's reaction to the art wall show that even early in the children's lives he is struggling with Lorelei's collecting?

3. What does Rory think is Lorelei's way of dealing with Rhys's death?

4. Even though she is disgusted by her own behavior, why does Beth think she cannot give up her affair with Bill?

5. When Meg and Molly are leaving Bird House, what does Molly say she has a hard time imagining, and what question does she ask her mother?

6. How does Rory's new friend inspire him to make a change in his life?

7. What is foreshadowed by Lorelei and Vicky's conversation after Vicky confesses to having given some of Lorelei's things to charity?

8. When Molly asks Meg whether she would have liked Rhys,what is Meg's response?

9. How does the very first passage describing a Bird family Easter egg hunt characterize Meg?

10. What similarities does Meg see between Alfie and Rhys, and when was she most worried about these similarities?

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