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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 food does Lauren serve on the anniversary of Janie's death?
(a) Mashed potatoes.
(b) Hot cross buns.
(c) Chicken salad sandwiches.
(d) Cheeseburgers.

2. What action does Cecilia nearly take when she thinks about Rachel's plight in Chapter 36?
(a) She nearly screams.
(b) She nearly calls the police.
(c) She nearly faints.
(d) She nearly breaks her hand.

3. Connor tells Tess that he has been seeing a therapist for how many years?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

4. To what location does Tess take a particular pair of tennis shoes at Cecilia's request?
(a) The elementary school.
(b) The church.
(c) The festival grounds.
(d) The community center.

5. What is the name of Connor's late mother?
(a) Lillian.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Megan.
(d) Trish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Liam is disappointed to learn that which character is not the person who had called Tess while they were out shopping?

2. Tess and Connor plan their first date around what activity?

3. To what location do Tess and Connor go when they leave the site of their first date?

4. How many days before the anniversary of Janie's murder does the Easter parade occur?

5. What is depicted as Janie's nervous habit in Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cecilia find out that her mother-in-law Virginia knows of John-Paul's culpability in Janie's death?

2. What errand does Tess run for Cecilia that puts Tess back into contact with Connor?

3. In what way does the motif of dreams appear within the narrative?

4. What does Connor say about the nature of his relationship with Janie?

5. How does Lucy react to Tess's revelation that she has recently slept with Connor?

6. What information does Samantha, Rachel's colleague, reveal to the reader about Connor's childhood?

7. How does Moriarty go about using Melbourne and Syndey as foil settings within the narrative?

8. How does the theme of delusion enter the narrative in relation to Rachel's character?

9. Whose arrival does Liam announce proudly at the end of Chapter 47 and why is the moment ironic?

10. What two aspects of motherhood had caught Tess by surprise upon having Liam?

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