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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 seems to alarm Meg most about Lorelei's appearance at Vicky's funeral?
(a) Her strange outfit.
(b) Her hair loss.
(c) Her weight loss.
(d) Her missing teeth.

2. What do Meg and Beth object to about the outfit the funeral home has dressed Lorelei in?
(a) It has holes and smells of mildew.
(b) It is comically large on Lorelei.
(c) It is obviously meant for a child.
(d) It is dull and matronly.

3. When Colin is in Thailand, what does he tell Rory that Lorelei has begun hoarding?
(a) Baby clothes.
(b) Easter eggs.
(c) Aluminum cans.
(d) Newspapers.

4. In her February 15th email, what does Lorelei reveal about her plan to come visit Jim?
(a) She will practice driving around her village first, as she has not driven her car in years.
(b) She thinks that her ill health will make it impossible for her to ever leave home again.
(c) She will clear some space at Bird House so that he can come to her place instead.
(d) She will practice first by spending the night nearby, at Maddy's place.

5. Where is Meg during Vicky's final Easter?
(a) In the hospital giving birth.
(b) At her and Bill's house.
(c) At Vicky's house.
(d) At Bird House.

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. What does Meg learn is Lorelei's cause of death?

3. What interrupted Lorelei's plan to talk to Rhys on Easter about what had happened the night before?

4. Who texts Meg while she is at dinner with Molly and Colin in the village?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Lorelei tell Jim about the trauma in her own childhood?

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

9. When Colin proposes to come see Rory in Thailand, which details of his life does Rory share, and which details does he keep to himself until the first night of Colin's visit?

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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