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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 indicate he has confessed to her in an earlier email?
(a) He has a substance use disorder.
(b) He was recently released from prison.
(c) He is not yet divorced from his wife.
(d) He does not actually live in England.

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

3. What is Vicky's final gift to Meg?
(a) A tea towel.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A poem.
(d) A pebble.

4. When Rory gets the email from Colin in 2005, how does he react?
(a) He prints the photo of Tia and then folds it up and puts it in his wallet.
(b) He tells himself that he does not really care much about his family anymore.
(c) He sends Kayleigh an angry email accusing her of using his father.
(d) He deletes the email without reading it and blocks his father's email address.

5. In Chapter 14, how does Lorelei get the money for the repairs her car needs?
(a) She uses her food money.
(b) Jim gives her the money.
(c) Colin gives her the money.
(d) She sells a ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the description of Lorelei coming out into the yard during Easter of 2004?

2. What is the point of the contrast Meg sees between the village computer repair shop and the one near her house in London?

3. Besides Vicky's funeral, what does Kayleigh say brought her back to England?

4. What is Meg's reaction to Lorelei's eulogy for Vicky?

5. When Colin is in Thailand, what does he tell Rory that Lorelei has begun hoarding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Colin's conversation with Beth alter the reader's understanding of his conversation with Rory about Kayleigh and Tia?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. When Colin first meets Owen, how does Rory perceive the encounter, and what does this demonstrate about Rory?

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