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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 Chapter 9, what causes Beth to think she might need some medical attention?
(a) Her recurring nightmares are keeping her from sleeping.
(b) She repeatedly finds herself staring absently into space.
(c) She is having trouble remembering basic details of her life.
(d) Her heart races and she gets very pale.

2. In her email to Jim on the 11th of January, what does Lorelei say is the reason she stopped speaking to Colin?
(a) He stopped sending her money.
(b) He moved in with Kayleigh.
(c) He failed to protect Rory from Owen.
(d) He gave away some of Lorelei's possessions.

3. Why does Rory find it difficult to talk to his family, at first?
(a) He is too angry at them to speak politely.
(b) He is overwhelmed with happiness at being home.
(c) He is getting over the laryngitis he caught in prison.
(d) He has just spent six weeks at a silent retreat.

4. After the first day of clearing out Bird House, what kind gesture does Meg make toward Colin?
(a) She invites Tia to come and stay with her and Molly in London.
(b) She offers to pay for his return ticket to Spain.
(c) She invites him to come back to the hotel to take a shower and have dinner.
(d) She tells him that he can keep anything he wants to from Bird House.

5. What does Beth chiefly notice about Meg when they are first reunited in September of 2006?
(a) Meg's wealth.
(b) Meg's happiness.
(c) Meg's weight.
(d) Meg's kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rory first arrives back in England, whom has he decided to blame for what happened to Rhys?

2. From Beth's perspective, what causes her to faint in Meg's living room?

3. How does the family celebrate once they finish clearing their first room at Bird House?

4. What is the name of the man Beth is seeing in 2005?

5. What seems to alarm Meg most about Lorelei's appearance at Vicky's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When the first floor of the house is completely cleaned out, what does Meg realize about Lorelei and the past?

3. What obstacle prevents Lorelei and Jim from spending time together in person, and how does Jim propose they deal with this issue?

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

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

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

7. What evidence does Kayleigh cite when she calls Beth and Meg "heartless bitches" (305)?

8. How do Rory's remarks during dinner at the pub in Chapter 14 show that he has genuinely changed?

9. What point does Lorelei make about Valentine's Day in her email to Jim?

10. What evidence is there at Vicky's funeral and wake that Meg's attitude about Colin and Kayleigh is changing?

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