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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. Who calls Meg while she is in the hotel room with Molly?
(a) The sheriff's office.
(b) The coroner's office.
(c) The funeral home.
(d) Lorelei's social worker.

2. What surprise does Vicky arrange for Lorelei during Easter of 1999?
(a) A visit to the cemetery.
(b) Her sister's and son's visits.
(c) A shopping trip for new dresses.
(d) The adults' participation in the egg hunt.

3. When Rory and Kayleigh come to Easter, where do they stay while they are in England?
(a) In Rhys's bedroom.
(b) At Colin's cottage.
(c) At Kayleigh's cousin's house.
(d) In a camper van.

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

5. 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 sends all of the children over to Colin's.
(c) She suggests that it is time for the egg hunt.
(d) She asks Kayleigh to help her in the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Kayleigh from?

3. What does Rhys get into trouble for at school?

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

5. What does Lorelei tell Rory she needs to do instead of helping him look for his birth certificate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. How does the perspective shift between Meg and Beth after Meg tries to call Beth back clarify Beth's intentions in calling and her reasons for not answering when Meg calls back?

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

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

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

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

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