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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Anna acquire food since she is unable to leave the house?
(a) She has it delivered.
(b) Her neighbors take turns bringing meals.
(c) Bina cooks for her.
(d) She has a personal chef.

2. Though David has been Anna's tenant for two months, what action has she never seen him take?
(a) He has never looking her in the eye.
(b) He has never smiled.
(c) He has never hugged her.
(d) He has never shaken her hand.

3. What does Anna see Jane doing just before she is stabbed?
(a) Lying down.
(b) Crying.
(c) Hitting Ethan.
(d) Shouting.

4. What two words does Anna use at the beginnings of conversations with her family?
(a) Guess who.
(b) What's up.
(c) Get going.
(d) It's me.

5. What game does Anna enjoy playing online?
(a) Chess.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Poker.
(d) Pinochle.

6. What does Anna say she could do with relief once she is back inside her own home after her stay in the hospital?
(a) Sob.
(b) Wail.
(c) Cry.
(d) Weep.

7. In what area of New York City does Anna live?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Queens.
(d) Staten Island.

8. What is the approximate square footage present in Anna's townhome?
(a) 3,500.
(b) 3,300.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 2,600.

9. What instrument does the Takeda boy play?
(a) Violin.
(b) Drums.
(c) Piano.
(d) Cello.

10. On what day of the week does the novel begin?
(a) Monday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Sunday.

11. Though she has not been outside to see the front of her house in a long time, how does Anna know what it looks like?
(a) She asks Bina to describe it sometimes when she comes over.
(b) She hangs her camera out the window using a pole.
(c) She uses Google Earth.
(d) She has security cameras.

12. In the opening scene, Anna watches as her neighbor leads a man with what job into the guest bedroom of her townhome?
(a) Plumber.
(b) Contractor.
(c) Courier.
(d) Air conditioner repairman.

13. What nickname does Anna's husband Ed call her?
(a) Marshmallow.
(b) Trooper.
(c) Babe.
(d) Slugger.

14. What is the name of the dilapidated church that abuts Anna's townhome?
(a) St. Dymphna.
(b) St. Cyprian.
(c) St. Francis of Assisi.
(d) St. Augustine.

15. For how long has Bina been working as Anna's physical therapist?
(a) Three months.
(b) Ten months.
(c) Eight months.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does Dr. Fielding call Anna for the first time within the narrative?

2. When Anna realizes she does not know how to talk to teenagers, she gives the reason that her oldest patients had been what age?

3. What is the name of the online support group to which Anna belongs?

4. How often does Anna's physical therapist Bina visit Anna's home to provide her with therapy sessions?

5. On the ride home from the hospital the day after she witnesses Jane get stabbed, Anna remarks that if it were not for what element, she would scream until the windows shattered?

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