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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. Janie's final thought consists of which two words?
(a) "Please no."
(b) "Help mom."
(c) "Oh no."
(d) "Oh shit."

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

3. Chapter 35 focuses on which character's thoughts as she is about to meet up with John-Paul?
(a) Cecilia's.
(b) Janie's.
(c) Virginia's.
(d) Lucy's.

4. Virginia gets upset when Cecilia mentions inviting Rachel to what kind of event?
(a) A birthday party.
(b) A wedding shower.
(c) A wedding anniversary party.
(d) A baby shower.

5. What is the subject of the argument at the center of the flashback involving Lucy and Andrew in Chapter 30?
(a) Lucy's infidelity.
(b) Impotence.
(c) Financial trouble.
(d) Andrew's infidelity.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the night of Janie's murder, who had been at home with Connor?

2. What action does Cecilia nearly take when she thinks about Rachel's plight in Chapter 36?

3. To which Australian city had Tess and Felicity moved, consequently severing the dating relationship between Connor and Tess?

4. Rachel remembers seeing Connor's mother a few times in what location?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the reader find out the circumstances of Lucy and Andrew's divorce?

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

3. What emotion keeps Tess from feeling pain when she thinks in Chapter 37 about her early days with Will?

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

5. What possible reasons does the narrator name for Tess's feelings of shame in Chapter 40?

6. Connor reminds Tess that what event had precipitated their break-up in their youth?

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

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

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

10. What action does Rob offer to take with Rachel, though he has never done so before?

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