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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 falls out of the file that Aaron Neeley is carrying in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) A flash drive.
(b) A photo of Midas.
(c) A coroner's report.
(d) Midas's birth certificate.

2. What was it that caused Token to suddenly turn back toward his apartment when he was out walking?
(a) He realized that he left his wallet at home.
(b) He remembered that he had something in the oven.
(c) He remembered that he told Lou he would watch their daughter.
(d) He realized that it was about to start raining.

3. What is it implied that Nell is about to do when she calls Hoyt in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Ask the police to move reporters away from her building.
(b) Tell Hoyt about Token's criminal history.
(c) Disclose Alma's immigration status.
(d) Tell Hoyt about Winnie and the man in the red baseball cap.

4. Why is Francie so insistent on talking to Scarlett?
(a) She Is sure she saw Scarlett at the Jolly Llama.
(b) She thinks Scarlett may have seen something on the night of the 4th.
(c) She believes Scarlett has abducted Midas.
(d) She thinks Winnie may have confided in Scarlett.

5. Whom does Francie run into at IKEA?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Yuko.
(c) Scarlett.
(d) Gemma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think is the reason that Joshua is waiting for her to solve all of their problems?

2. When Lowell finds Francie encircling Will with candles, what does Francie tell him she is doing?

3. Who is the woman in the hat and sunglasses watching the group in the book's epilogue?

4. What is the age difference between Nell and Raine?

5. In Chapter Twelve, what aspect of her relationship with her father does the narrator recall?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Colette and Nell see Winnie's interview with the police, what causes them to worry about Winnie's mental health?

2. How does the book's epilogue convey the lasting damage that Midas's abduction has caused Winnie?

3. During her questioning of the person she meets at the bar in Chapter Fourteen, what does Francie learn about Winnie?

4. In the Patricia Faith interview that Nell watches while she is at work in Chapter Thirteen, what makes it clear that Faith is trying to promote a particular viewpoint about Midas's disappearance?

5. In Chapter Fifteen, what promise does the narrator remember making and then immediately breaking?

6. When Token shows up at Francie's apartment in Chapter Twenty, what does he reveal about his long-ago arrest?

7. What are the implications of the papers that Francie finds in Scarlett's desk drawer?

8. In Chapter Thirteen, what confusion does Nell express about her mental state on the night of July 4th?

9. What are Nell's motivations for ignoring her own standards in order to accept and keep the job at Simon French?

10. In Chapter Fourteen, what causes Colette to jump to the conclusion that Midas is dead?

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