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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Cecilia's daughter Esther?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

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

4. Cecilia's only significant memory of Janie involves Janie taking which action toward Cecilia?
(a) Comforting her.
(b) Complimenting her.
(c) Impressing her.
(d) Joking with her.

5. In Chapter 20, Rachel brings the videotape of Janie and Connor to whom?
(a) Sergeant Bellach.
(b) Sergeant Miller.
(c) Sergeant Brown.
(d) Sergeant Jones.

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

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

8. In Chapter 9, Polly is on her way to which type of class?
(a) Dance.
(b) Chess.
(c) Pottery.
(d) Math.

9. What kind of party is being planned for Polly's birthday?
(a) A fairy party.
(b) A firetruck party.
(c) A pirate party.
(d) A butterfly party.

10. For what day of the week does Rachel make plans with Rob and Lauren to observe the anniversary of Janie's death?
(a) Monday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

11. For what reason is Cecilia sure that John-Paul is not having an affair?
(a) He is too lazy.
(b) He is too disorganized.
(c) He is too loyal.
(d) He is too sentimental.

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

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

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

15. What does Cecilia do with the letter while John-Paul is out of the room attending to one of their daughters?
(a) She burns it.
(b) She throws it in the trash can.
(c) She rips it up.
(d) She hides it.

Short Answer Questions

1. The novel begins on what day of the week?

2. At what location does Tess run into Connor in Chapter 16?

3. In what location does Cecilia find a mysterious letter at the start of the novel?

4. What kind of event has Cecilia been attending in Chapter 9 when she runs into Tess?

5. From what phobia does John-Paul suffer?

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