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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Cecilia's surname?
(a) Miller.
(b) Burns.
(c) Fitzpatrick.
(d) Sayles.

2. Tess feels that which character had been the one there for her during Tess's parents' divorce?
(a) Connor.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Felicity.
(d) Will.

3. How many minutes late had Rachel been to her meeting with Janie on the day of Janie's murder?
(a) 5.
(b) 19.
(c) 7.
(d) 15.

4. What was Janie's cause of death, according to the medical examiner?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Gunshot wound.
(c) Blunt force trauma.
(d) Strangulation.

5. At what location do Rachel, Lauren, and Rob agree to meet on the anniversary of Janie's death?
(a) The library.
(b) Rachel's house.
(c) The park.
(d) The high school.

6. Who was the last person to see Janie alive, according to the police?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Ed.
(c) Connor.
(d) John-Paul.

7. Who forces Rachel to attend a Tupperware party?
(a) Lauren.
(b) Rob.
(c) Cecilia.
(d) Marla.

8. When Cecilia finally opens the mysterious letter, it announces that John-Paul committed what crime?
(a) Blackmail.
(b) Murder.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Rape.

9. The novel's epigraph is a quote by which author?
(a) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) George Orwell.
(d) Alexander Pope.

10. In what year was Janie murdered?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1991.

11. Cecilia realizes with a shock in Chapter 7 that she and John-Paul have been abstinent for how many months in a row?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

12. Who is Cecilia and John-Paul's youngest daughter?
(a) Isabel.
(b) Esther.
(c) Mary.
(d) Polly.

13. Mary and Lucy are depicted as having watched how many teens die in a Berlin Wall-involved protest on television?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

14. When Cecilia wakes up in an empty bed in Chapter 15, she hears noises coming from what location?
(a) The shed.
(b) Isabel's room.
(c) The basement.
(d) The attic.

15. What religion does Cecilia practice?
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Catholicism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of clothing does Tess wear when she leaves the house in the wee hours of the night in Chapter 16?

2. Cecilia had been looking for what object when she found John-Paul's letter?

3. What action does Cecilia take in order to meet John-Paul upon his arrival home?

4. Who is NOT listed among Cecilia's friends?

5. Cecilia decides at the end of Chapter 22 that she will protect John-Paul in order to fulfill what goal?

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