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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. When she is about sixteen, why does Meg feel jealousy toward Beth?
(a) Beth is still small and thin, like a child.
(b) Beth develops larger breasts.
(c) Beth is dating a boy Meg likes.
(d) Beth is invited to the seaside with a friend.

2. Where is Jason from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Australia.
(c) Scotland.
(d) America.

3. What does Molly want to do for a living when she grows up?
(a) Own a restaurant.
(b) Design houses.
(c) Practice psychiatry.
(d) Work in television.

4. Why has Vicky never been to Meg's home?
(a) Meg makes her feel unwelcome.
(b) She does not like Bill.
(c) She has no one to watch Sophie and Maddy.
(d) Lorelei refuses to leave home overnight.

5. At the pool in Greece, when Meg catches sight of the elegant woman with two daughters for the second time, what eases her jealousy and makes her feel better about her own life?
(a) The woman is tipping a server with a handful of coins.
(b) The woman has lost track of one of her daughters.
(c) The woman does not appear to have a partner.
(d) The woman's children are ignoring her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item breaks on the first Easter described in the book and ends up in the garage with two others just like it?

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

3. What does Beth think is the main reason she did not move to London to live with Meg when she was younger?

4. When two teenagers break into Bird House and rob it, what does Lorelei compare the event to?

5. What surprise does Vicky arrange for Lorelei during Easter of 1999?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Colin end up as Lorelei's next-door neighbor?

2. What sign of growth does Lorelei show in her New Years email to Jim?

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

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

5. In the early years of her relationship with Lorelei, how does Vicky view Lorelei, and how does she view Lorelei's children?

6. How does the robbery at Bird House end Colin's dream of going to Greece?

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. 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?

9. When she is in Greece, what causes Meg to be momentarily suspicious about Beth and Bill, and what does she decide is probably going on?

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

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