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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 is Cecilia doing as she goes up and down the stairs before the party?
(a) Looking for her favorite necklace.
(b) Trying on different outfits.
(c) Changing her hairdo.
(d) Trying on different shoes.

2. Who, in the boys' collective memory, has died recently?
(a) A town librarian.
(b) Family dogs.
(c) A grandmother.
(d) A great-uncle.

3. Which of the Lisbon girls is the first to attempt suicide?
(a) Therese.
(b) Lux.
(c) Mary.
(d) Cecilia.

4. Which girl has a secret stash of makeup under the bathroom sink?
(a) Bonnie.
(b) Lux.
(c) Mary.
(d) Cecilia.

5. Why are the neighborhood children kept from the funeral?
(a) The Lisbons request that only adults attend.
(b) There isn't enough room in the church.
(c) To protect their minds from being contaminated by the tragedy.
(d) The children are supposed to be in school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Dominic from?

2. Why are no bodies being buried during Chapter 2?

3. Which boy is known as the brainy one?

4. What does Cecilia do after leaving the party before going upstairs?

5. How do people know that Cecilia has attempted suicide a second time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Lisbon have to take a tour of several cemeteries?

2. Describe Cecilia Lisbon's first attempt at suicide.

3. What major revelation do the boys have upon entering the Lisbon girls' party?

4. How did the emergency workers retrieve Cecilia's body?

5. Describe Cecilia's bedroom.

6. What were Mr. Lisbon's problems with the cemeteries he visited?

7. Why were the boys happy that Joe came to the party?

8. How does the Lisbon girls' party differ from other parties the boys have attended?

9. What are Cecilia's two moods toward the end of the diary?

10. Describe Cecilia's ascent from the party to her bedroom.

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