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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Lisbon find Cecilia doing in preparation for the party?
(a) Hanging streamers.
(b) Tying balloons to the ceiling.
(c) Baking cookies.
(d) Cleaning.

2. What do the paramedics do first upon arriving at the Lisbon house?
(a) Attempt to give Cecilia mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
(b) Give sedatives to Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon.
(c) Use shock paddles to restart Cecilia's heart.
(d) Saw off the stake on which Cecilia is impaled.

3. What does Paul say the concrete tree stump in his yard is?
(a) The entrance to a secret tunnel.
(b) A safe.
(c) A fountain.
(d) A barbecue.

4. Which of the following drawings is not found in Cecilia's diary?
(a) Eggs hatching.
(b) Whales spouting blood.
(c) Hearts.
(d) Angels.

5. How does Cecilia succeed in killing herself?
(a) She impales herself on a fence.
(b) She slits her wrists.
(c) She takes sleeping pills.
(d) She hangs herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which boy is known as the brainy one?

2. What is found hanging from a crucifix in one of the girls' rooms?

3. Which sister interrupts one of the boys in his search through their bathroom?

4. On what kind of "tour" is Mr. Lisbon taken on in Chapter 2?

5. On whom does Dominic Palazzano have a crush?

(see the answer key)

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