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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. Who takes the opportunity at the Easter parade to ask Tess about the previous evening with Connor?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Lauren.

2. In what activity are Cecilia and John-Paul engaging when Cecilia reveals Virginia's knowledge about John-Paul being Janie's murderer?
(a) Brushing their teeth.
(b) Unloading the dishwasher.
(c) Pulling weeds.
(d) Washing the car.

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

4. Chapter 36 ends how many days before the coming parade?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. Rachel remembers seeing Connor's mother a few times in what location?
(a) At school.
(b) At the bank.
(c) At the grocery store.
(d) At church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who intrudes on Connor and Tess's first date, causing Connor to lead Tess out of the building?

2. What news led John-Paul to violently attack Janie?

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

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

5. From which family member does Tess receive a gift delivered by a courier while she is staying at her mother Lucy's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What faux pas does Principal Trudy commit in Chapter 41?

7. What major event in Rachel's life occurs the day after the Easter parade?

8. In what way is the sound motif used in concert with one of the narrative's themes?

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

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

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