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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. Which item that Lorelei collected as a child seems to disturb Meg the most?
(a) Cigarette foil.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Clothing tags.
(d) Hair.

2. What does Lorelei say is the cause of her isolation from the rest of her family?
(a) The events following her partner's death.
(b) Her hoarding disorder.
(c) Her desire to live in the moment.
(d) The family's pain over the loss of Rhys.

3. When Meg and Molly are in their hotel room together, what does Molly ask her mother to buy her?
(a) A new pair of shoes.
(b) A bottle of perfume.
(c) A better phone.
(d) A ticket to go see Rory.

4. From Meg's perspective, what was Rory's main reaction to Rhys's death?
(a) Fear.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Rage.
(d) Confusion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, where are Rory and Kayleigh headed?

2. When Rhys is talking to his new friend in Spain, what is his attitude toward his mother's current romantic relationship?

3. When Meg enters Bird House to start clearing it out, how long has it been since she was last there?

4. Besides her weight loss, what physical clue to Lorelei's ill health does Meg notice during Easter of 1999?

5. What does Kayleigh accuse Vicky of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What foreshadowing alerts the reader that something terrible has happened between Meg and Beth?

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

5. 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?

6. How does the craft box demonstrate how Lorelei's collecting evolves into hoarding?

7. How does Beth's relationship with Jason result from the actions of other people in Beth's life?

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. 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?

10. What lie does Vicky tell Meg about Lorelei's hoarding during Easter of 1999, and why does she tell this lie?

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