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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 does Mr. Lisbon show the boys during the party?
(a) An autographed baseball.
(b) The girls' bronzed baby shoes.
(c) Old photographs.
(d) His tools.

2. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon not find Cecilia's demeanor during the party strange?
(a) She is just as sociable as usual.
(b) She isn't feeling well.
(c) She is always quiet with company.
(d) She is on drugs that made her sleepy.

3. Which sister has her own bedroom?
(a) Cecilia.
(b) Therese.
(c) Bonnie.
(d) Mary.

4. Why are no bodies being buried during Chapter 2?
(a) No one had died.
(b) Cemetery workers were on strike.
(c) The ground was frozen.
(d) Everyone was being cremated.

5. What does Mrs. Pitzenberger think she sees in Cecilia's hand?
(a) A balloon.
(b) A cup of punch.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who files past Cecilia's open casket?

2. When, according to the boys, had "the majority of the dying" occurred?

3. Which of these things is not found in Cecilia's room by Lucy Brock?

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

5. What garment does Cecilia always wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Cecilia Lisbon die?

2. What does Peter Sissen find in the Lisbon girls' bathroom?

3. When Peter Sissen reports back to the boys about his time inside the Lisbon house, what does Paul Baldino vow to do?

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

5. How did it happen that Paul Baldino found Cecilia in the bathtub?

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

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

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

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

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

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