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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Anna's screen name on the online support group she frequents?
(a) thedoctorisin.
(b) foxyroxy.
(c) Annagoraphobe.
(d) thedoctorwillseeyounow.

3. What happens to prevent John Miller from discovering his wife with another man?
(a) Loud music muffles the sounds of their voices.
(b) His briefcase breaks open.
(c) Someone calls to warn his wife that he is coming.
(d) He trips on the front steps.

4. What is NOT part of the list of evidence Anna cites when telling the reader Ethan displays no signs of abuse?
(a) He does not mind being touched.
(b) His demeanor is bright and outgoing.
(c) His hygiene is satisfactory.
(d) His face and forearms are unmarked.

5. Where does Anna finally find her phone when she is trying to call the police to report Jane's stabbing?
(a) Her bed.
(b) The bathroom floor.
(c) Her couch.
(d) The bathtub.

6. What had Anna been doing when Ed had told her he wanted to tell Olivia then about their coming divorce?
(a) Getting ice.
(b) Eating breakfast.
(c) Riding the chairlift.
(d) Vacuuming.

7. What is Anna's answer when Little asks her if she had been drinking the night she saw Jane's stabbing?
(a) A lot.
(b) None of your business.
(c) No.
(d) A little.

8. What does Anna lend to Ethan during his first visit to her house?
(a) A movie.
(b) A book.
(c) An mp3 player.
(d) A cup of sugar.

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

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

11. To whom is Anna speaking the first time the author inserts dialogue into the narrative?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her psychiatrist.
(d) Her husband.

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

13. Which member of the Russell family does Anna say is constantly on display during the early days of their tenancy?
(a) The husband.
(b) The grandmother.
(c) The wife.
(d) The son.

14. What event does grannylizzie tell Anna has prompted a spell of agoraphobia?
(a) The death of her daughter.
(b) The divorce from her husband.
(c) The death of her husband.
(d) Her sixtieth birthday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What alcoholic drink does Anna most often imbibe?

2. In the opening scene, Anna watches as her neighbor leads a man with what job into the guest bedroom of her townhome?

3. What two words does Anna use at the beginnings of conversations with her family?

4. Where does Little say that the paramedics had found Anna the previous night?

5. What event had scared Olivia on the drive to the ski resort in Vermont?

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