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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. After the first day of clearing out Bird House, what kind gesture does Meg make toward Colin?
(a) She offers to pay for his return ticket to Spain.
(b) She invites Tia to come and stay with her and Molly in London.
(c) She tells him that he can keep anything he wants to from Bird House.
(d) She invites him to come back to the hotel to take a shower and have dinner.

2. In her email to Jim on the 11th of January, what does Lorelei say is the reason she stopped speaking to Colin?
(a) He moved in with Kayleigh.
(b) He failed to protect Rory from Owen.
(c) He stopped sending her money.
(d) He gave away some of Lorelei's possessions.

3. What is the "orange Aga" that Meg sees has been covered over with Lorelei's hoarded possessions?
(a) A table.
(b) A dishwasher.
(c) A stove.
(d) A refrigerator.

4. What is the pattern on the dress that Meg and Beth buy for Lorelei to wear for her funeral?
(a) Easter flowers.
(b) Children's hand prints.
(c) Peacock feathers.
(d) Rainbows.

5. What does Lorelei blame her respiratory illness on?
(a) Her dirty house.
(b) Old age.
(c) The public baths.
(d) Starvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Rory is arrested, what does he decide is probably true?

2. What is the "follow-on milk" that Meg discovers in Lorelei's kitchen?

3. At the end of her Chapter 12 email to Jim, what news does Lorelei share?

4. In her February 15th email, what does Lorelei reveal about her plan to come visit Jim?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What evidence does Kayleigh cite when she calls Beth and Meg "heartless bitches" (305)?

8. 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?

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

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

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