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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. How does Vicky accidentally upset Lorelei when she is trying to find a way to get Kayleigh to stop saying crude things in front of the children?
(a) She sends Rory and Kayleigh on an errand.
(b) She asks Kayleigh to help her in the kitchen.
(c) She suggests that it is time for the egg hunt.
(d) She sends all of the children over to Colin's.

2. What is Beth trying to talk to Meg about when Molly interrupts their phone call to complain about Alfie and her father?
(a) Beth is trying to convince Meg that she is not lonely and does not need to start dating.
(b) Beth is trying to describe how uncomfortable Vicky's relationship with Lorelei makes her.
(c) Beth is trying to defend Lorelei's way of grieving over Rhys.
(d) Beth is trying to explain how miserable she is and why she feels like a failure.

3. What does Lorelei tell Rory she needs to do instead of helping him look for his birth certificate?
(a) Take some paracetemol and lie down.
(b) Go to Poundstretcher to buy dish scrubbers.
(c) Make pasta necklaces with Maddy and Sophie.
(d) Have wine in the garden with Vicky.

4. During what period of time did Vicky first kiss Lorelei and discover that her feelings were reciprocated?
(a) When Rory went to Spain.
(b) When Alfie was being born.
(c) When Colin went to his first writer's conference.
(d) When Beth went to see Meg's first London flat.

5. What is the name of the man that Lorelei writes her emails to?
(a) Tom.
(b) Jim.
(c) Tim.
(d) Bob.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man that Rory smokes and drinks with at the commune while Kayleigh takes care of their daughter?

2. What is Lorelei looking for when she discovers that some of her things are missing?

3. In her email to Jim, whom does Lorelei say might invite her for Christmas?

4. When Meg comes home for Easter the year she moves out, what is she especially angry to find that Lorelei has stored in her room?

5. Which family member is the one to first discover Rhys's body?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 is the one thing about Lorelei that Vicky cannot understand, and how does she try to reconcile herself to it?

4. Describe Bill and Beth's relationship as it stands in April of 1999.

5. When Meg and Molly go in to start clearing out Lorelei's house, why is it such a relief to them when they reach the landing of the stairs?

6. What is Alfie's full name, and what is its significance?

7. Why is it so meaningful to Meg when Molly takes her hand before they first enter Bird House together after Lorelei's death?

8. Based on Lorelei's emails, what seems to be true about her own childhood and its impact on the way she parents her own children?

9. What is ironic about Lorelei's characterization of Meg's "frantic reproduction" (1)?

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

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