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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 job does Beth go to school to learn to do?
(a) Nurse's aid.
(b) Nursery school teacher.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Hair stylist.

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

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

4. Besides her weight loss, what physical clue to Lorelei's ill health does Meg notice during Easter of 1999?
(a) Her hands tremble.
(b) She is unsteady on her feet.
(c) She has a bald patch.
(d) Her skin has a yellow tint.

5. In her email to Jim, whom does Lorelei say might invite her for Christmas?
(a) Maddy.
(b) Colin.
(c) Meg.
(d) Sophie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorelei make too many of for every Easter lunch?

2. What request does Maddy make that results in Lorelei swearing at and insulting her?

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

4. When Beth is aggressively trying to seduce Jason, what is she really thinking about?

5. When Meg asks Vicky to watch Molly and Alfie while she has a quick nap, what is Vicky's real reaction?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. During their vacation to Greece, what details demonstrate that Bill is not as involved with the family as Meg is?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

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