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

2. How does the family celebrate once they finish clearing their first room at Bird House?
(a) They make plans for their upcoming Easter celebration.
(b) They take a day off to visit Vicky's daughters.
(c) They go into the village to shop for new curtains.
(d) They cook dinner and eat together.

3. 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) London is a more sophisticated and tech-savvy place.
(c) Everyone in the village knows everyone else's business.
(d) Prices in London are ridiculously expensive.

4. Why is Meg pleased that Bill decides not to come to Vicky's funeral?
(a) She wants a chance to confront her father without Bill intervening.
(b) She wants both Beth and the funeral to herself.
(c) She knows that Bill never liked her mother or Vicky.
(d) She is tired of Bill's grouchy, hostile attitude toward her and the children.

5. What does Lorelei say "spirit" is just another word for? (362)
(a) Love.
(b) Ghost.
(c) Soul.
(d) Memory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the details about Meg, her children, and Bill in the car on their way to Bird House in the Epilogue meant to convey?

3. In her Chapter 9 email to Jim, what does Lorelei say she never forgave Colin for?

4. On page 363, what does Lorelei call "the piece of grit" that stuck inside her and "turned everything else to what it is"?

5. When they all go to the funeral home to see Lorelei, what does Colin say Lorelei looks like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. How does Beth describe her last couple of years in Australia to Bill when they talk on the way to pick Bill's kids up from school?

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

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