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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, The Girl Next Door: Now, December 1997 and Then, May 1996.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chris insist on doing once he is home from the hospital?
(a) Finding a new girlfriend.
(b) Moving away.
(c) Changing schools.
(d) Visiting Emily's grave.

2. What recurring dream does Gus have?
(a) Getting into a car accident with her kids.
(b) Choosing between her kids in a carjacking.
(c) Choosing between her husband and child in a carjacking.
(d) Her son committing suicide.

3. What happens when Chris and Emily fight about intimacy?
(a) Chris forces Emily to do what he wants.
(b) Chris lets up on the pressure.
(c) They break up.
(d) Emily gives in.

4. What memory does Emily have after being intimate with Chris?
(a) Abuse from Chris as children.
(b) Being raped the previous year.
(c) Being assaulted as a child.
(d) Abuse from her father.

5. Why is Gus concerned about Chris when she catches him stealing the book?
(a) He is too young to be curious about this subject.
(b) None of the above.
(c) He should know better than to look at things like that.
(d) He is too old to be so childish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Chris attend Emily's funeral?

2. What reaction do Melanie and Michael have upon finding out about Emily's condition at the time of death?

3. How does Gus react to the news Melanie gives her after Emily's death?

4. How does Melanie meet Gus?

5. What puts Chris on a five-day lockdown while in prison?

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