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

2. What is uncharacteristic about Beth's behavior during the beginning of Vicky's wake?
(a) She is sociable.
(b) She is kind to Kayleigh.
(c) She offers to watch the children.
(d) She is drinking.

3. To what fictional character does Colin unfavorably compare Owen?
(a) Dr. Frankenstein.
(b) Ebenezer Scrooge.
(c) Mr. Burns.
(d) Tony Soprano.

4. When Colin confesses to Rory that he has given up on helping Lorelei, how does Rory react?
(a) He reminds Colin that Lorelei is Colin's responsibility, too.
(b) He suggests that Meg is better equipped to handle Lorelei.
(c) He asks whether it is possible to commit her to a mental health facility.
(d) He tells Colin not to worry about it.

5. 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) London is a more sophisticated and tech-savvy place.
(d) Prices in London are ridiculously expensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the wake, what does Meg find out from Tia that irritates her?

2. What important item does Rory find in Lorelei's room in Chapter 15?

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

4. On the day before Rhys died, what worry about him was Lorelei having?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. When Beth receives Meg's text about Lorelei's computer password, why is she so relieved and happy?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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