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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. In her Chapter 8 email to Jim, what does Lorelei compare herself to?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Magpie.
(c) Pack rat.
(d) Lark.

2. What personal question about his relationship with Kayleigh does Meg ask Colin during dinner in the village?
(a) Whether he worries that Kayleigh would rather be with Rory.
(b) Whether he and Kayleigh intend to have a baby together.
(c) Whether he was jealous when Kayleigh's other boyfriend still lived with them.
(d) Whether he and Kayleigh sleep in the same bed.

3. What is Meg's reaction to Lorelei's eulogy for Vicky?
(a) She is worried by the obvious decline in Lorelei's mental acuity.
(b) She is embarrassed that people now know about Lorelei's and Vicky's romantic relationship.
(c) She is pleased at how well her mother did.
(d) She is angry that Lorelei made the eulogy all about herself.

4. Which is the best description of Meg's tone when Colin calls in Chapter 8 to say he is at the airport?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Bewildered.
(c) Frosty.
(d) Nostalgic.

5. Which best describes Lorelei's attitude about Jim's drinking?
(a) She makes it clear that she disapproves of the behavior, not Jim as a person.
(b) She wishes she had the strength to distance herself from him while he is drinking.
(c) She refuses to hear anything about his problem and ignores its existence.
(d) She is understanding to the point of almost encouraging him to drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What middle name has Beth given her daughter?

2. When Meg leaves the pub to find and confront Beth, with whom does she leave her youngest child?

3. Why does Meg assign Beth the job of sorting things in the yard while Meg, Molly, and Colin clear out the inside of the house?

4. What gift did Bill give Meg when he was trying to get her to let him come home after she kicked him out?

5. In her Chapter 8 email to Jim, what does Lorelei indicate he has confessed to her in an earlier email?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Meg's answer to Colin's question about how she is feeling about Lorelei's death demonstrate her complex feelings about her mother?

2. What argument does the family have about Rhys during dinner in Chapter 14, and how does Meg settle the argument?

3. What does Lorelei's Chapter 16 email to Jim reveal happened between her and Rhys on the night before Rhys's death?

4. In her February 5th email to Jim, what ideas about the generational perpetuation of trauma does Lorelei express?

5. What caused Meg to kick Bill out in 2003, and what was the result?

6. How does Lorelei characterize Rory in her email to Jim?

7. What cruel irony does Meg see in what she was doing herself at the time of Lorelei's death?

8. What differences between Colin and Rory are illustrated by the encounter with Rochana, the young woman feeding her baby near Rory's room?

9. How does dramatic irony create a bittersweet mood when Lorelei announces her success in staying at Maddy's house?

10. In her Chapter 8 email to Jim, what claim does Lorelei make about the cleanliness of her home, and how is this contradicted by evidence elsewhere in the text?

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