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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. While Rachel is being driven home from the Tupperware party, she is told that the driver is reminded of Janie when she looks at which character?
(a) Polly.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Esther.
(d) Tess.

2. The letter Cecilia finds instructs her to only open the letter in the event of whose death?
(a) Isabel's.
(b) John-Paul's.
(c) Phil's.
(d) Mary's.

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

4. Cecilia reflects upon the time how many years before the story takes place when she saw a little boy killed in a car accident?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

5. What does Cecilia do when she wakes up in an empty bed in Chapter 15?
(a) She runs to the office to the retrieve the letter.
(b) She calls out for John-Paul.
(c) She runs to the kitchen to retrieve the letter.
(d) She stays in bed and goes back to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What quality of Cecilia's does John-Paul say had initially attracted him?

3. What is NOT a part of John-Paul's plan to attain redemption for his crimes?

4. In Chapter 20, Rachel brings the videotape of Janie and Connor to whom?

5. At what location do Rachel, Lauren, and Rob agree to meet on the anniversary of Janie's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moriarty introduce paradoxical qualities of family bonds within the narrative?

2. For what object had Cecilia been searching prior to the novel's opening?

3. With what aspect of Tess's own personality does contact with Connor get her in touch?

4. What aspects of Felicity and Will's behavior make their revelation to Tess feel surreal to her?

5. Around what allusion does the novel's preface center and which themes does it introduce?

6. What event finally prompts Cecilia to read the mysterious letter?

7. Provide an example from the novel that displays masterful use of an omniscient narrator.

8. What is the symbolism of the name of the advertising agency called TWF?

9. Describe the scene witnessed by the two nine-year-old boys who found Janie's body.

10. What information about their father John-Paul do Cecilia's daughters share with her before she opens the letter?

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