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

2. There is one boy that the rest of the group of boys are afraid of. Who is he?
(a) Peter Sissen.
(b) Chase Buell.
(c) Paul Baldino.
(d) Joe Larson.

3. Where is Mr. Lisbon's razor found?
(a) In the bathtub.
(b) In the sink.
(c) In the medicine cabinet.
(d) In the toilet.

4. Where is Dominic from?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Greece.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which boy is the only one who has been allowed into the Lisbon home?

2. Where are the scars Cecilia tried to hide?

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

4. How does Cecilia first attempt suicide?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe a few of the changes the boys noticed at the Lisbon house after Cecilia came home from the hospital.

3. What happens in the Baldinos' backyard to arouse neighborhood suspicions?

4. Describe Cecilia's bedroom.

5. Who was Dominic Palazzano and what was his part in Cecilia's story?

6. Describe the appearance of Cecilia's diary.

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

8. How did Cecilia Lisbon die?

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

10. What do the adult boys discover about Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon after speaking to Mr. Lisbon?

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