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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 is the point of the contrast Meg sees between the village computer repair shop and the one near her house in London?
(a) The village is a much more trusting place.
(b) Everyone in the village knows everyone else's business.
(c) Prices in London are ridiculously expensive.
(d) London is a more sophisticated and tech-savvy place.

2. What does the description of Maddy fussing over Beth foreshadow?
(a) Beth's fragile mental state.
(b) Beth's financial condition.
(c) Beth's pregnancy.
(d) Beth's romantic relationship with Maddy.

3. What is Lorelei beginning to talk with Meg about for the first time when their conversation is interrupted by Vicky's daughters bringing in a cake?
(a) The possibility of seeing a therapist.
(b) Her reaction to Rhys's death.
(c) The trauma she suffered in her childhood home.
(d) Her reasons for the affair with Vicky.

4. What does Meg mean when she complains that her family's behavior is "lurid"? (206)
(a) It is frightening and unpredictable.
(b) It is shocking and offensive.
(c) It is aggressive and demeaning.
(d) It is obnoxious and self-involved.

5. In her Chapter 9 email to Jim, what does Lorelei say she never forgave Colin for?
(a) Being a neglectful father.
(b) Falling out of love with her.
(c) Moving to Spain.
(d) The way he reacted to Rhys's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In her Chapter 8 email to Jim, what does Lorelei compare herself to?

3. When Colin confesses to Rory that he has given up on helping Lorelei, how does Rory react?

4. What word does Molly use on page 276 to describe how she remembers Lorelei?

5. Once Bird House is cleared out, what does Meg think has also gone away?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what details of Beth's life in Australia following Vicky's funeral are finally filled in?

2. What is Vicky's perspective on the way Lorelei helps her during her illness?

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

4. During Beth's September, 2006 visit to England, what contrast is there between her attitude toward the affair and Bill's?

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

6. When Rory arrives at Bird House in Chapter 14, how do his feelings about Lorelei and the house contrast with his memories of his childhood feelings?

7. How does Meg's reaction to the news that Colin and Kayleigh are camping while they are in England affirm Kayleigh's characterization of Meg's and Beth's reaction to her?

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 Lorelei characterize Rory in her email to Jim?

10. What is Lorelei's explanation to Jim regarding why she is always hungry?

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