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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. Cecilia recalls getting angry with what type of official who had once made Isabel cry?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A principal.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A tennis instructor.

2. Who leaves the Easter parade early in Chapter 39?
(a) Connor.
(b) Samantha.
(c) Cecilia.
(d) Rachel.

3. Watching which two characters talk and laugh together in Chapter 29 causes Rachel to mourn for her lost friendship with an adult Janie?
(a) Cecilia and Virginia.
(b) John-Paul and Virginia.
(c) Lauren and Jacob.
(d) Tess and Lucy.

4. How many days before the anniversary of Janie's murder does the Easter parade occur?
(a) 1.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. In Chapter 29, Rachel becomes furious with all but which of the following individuals?
(a) Janie.
(b) Herself.
(c) God.
(d) Connor.

Short Answer Questions

1. A flashback from what year depicts a conversation between Lucy and Andrew?

2. What action uncharacteristic of her character does Cecilia take when she realizes that she has forgotten to make ready her daughters' hats for the coming parade?

3. Cecilia turns white in Chapter 26 when she thinks about which character's grief?

4. What activity does Principal Trudy tell Rachel that she will be doing during spring break?

5. Whose tennis shoes does Cecilia ask someone to transport for her?

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 other actions does Cecilia think she will be taking if she lets "life just continue on" (262) normally after John-Paul's confession?

3. What standing appointment does Cecilia have with her mother-in-law Virginia each week and how does Cecilia view these visits?

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

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

6. What advice does Lucy give to Tess about the situation with Connor, Will, and Felicity?

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

8. What feelings does Rachel have when she watches Tess and Lucy laugh together?

9. Describe Janie's murder as it is portrayed in Chapter 45.

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

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