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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Ethan comes to Anna's house for the second time in tears, what is her first reaction?
(a) She turns away.
(b) She hides him from view.
(c) She hugs him.
(d) She calls his parents.

3. What is Anna doing when Little tells her to stop?
(a) Clearing the coffee table.
(b) Humming to herself.
(c) Chastising herself aloud.
(d) Whispering to her cat.

4. In what part of the house does Anna say she has spent much of the year?
(a) Her darkroom.
(b) The rooftop garden.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) Her bed.

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

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

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

8. What does Anna reveal as her line of work prior to leaving her practice?
(a) Child psychologist.
(b) Ear, nose, and throat physician.
(c) Podiatrist.
(d) Pediatrician.

9. What type of movie does Little ask Anna if she likes?
(a) Romances.
(b) Thrillers.
(c) Horror movies.
(d) Documentaries.

10. What nickname does Ed call Olivia?
(a) Pong.
(b) Page.
(c) Ping.
(d) Pang.

11. What item does David come into Anna's house in order to borrow?
(a) A letter opener.
(b) A box cutter.
(c) A pair of scissors.
(d) A bottle opener.

12. Whom does Anna thank in her comments to the reader about her lack of a need to get a job?
(a) Dr. Miller.
(b) Olivia.
(c) Ed.
(d) Her mother.

13. For what purpose does Ethan first visit Anna's house?
(a) To sell magazines.
(b) To bring her a candle from his mother.
(c) To ask her to keep the noise down.
(d) To interview her for the school newspaper.

14. For what purpose does Dr. Fielding call Anna for the first time within the narrative?
(a) To tell her that her prescriptions cannot be taken with alcohol.
(b) To get her updated insurance information.
(c) To see if her back is feeling better.
(d) To see if she is participating in physical therapy regularly.

15. When Anna absentmindedly draws on the shower door, what does she realize she has written over and over?
(a) Jane Russell's name.
(b) Ed's name.
(c) Olivia's name.
(d) Infinity symbols.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after their decision to separate had Anna and Ed taken a family trip to Vermont?

2. In what century had Anna's townhome been constructed?

3. Though David has been Anna's tenant for two months, what action has she never seen him take?

4. What brand of camera does Anna use in her photography pursuits?

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

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