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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 wife.
(c) The grandmother.
(d) The son.

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

4. On what floor of the townhome is Olivia's bedroom?
(a) The third.
(b) The second.
(c) The first.
(d) The fourth.

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

6. To what actor does Anna compare the looks of her tenant, David?
(a) Gregory Peck.
(b) Charles Boyer.
(c) Mia Farrow.
(d) Robert Mitchum.

7. Where does Little say that the paramedics had found Anna the previous night?
(a) In the park next to her house.
(b) Sitting on the steps of the Russells' home.
(c) Sitting on a bench by the coffee shop.
(d) In her bathtub.

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

9. In what unit townhome does Anna live?
(a) 213.
(b) 211.
(c) 209.
(d) 207.

10. What does Anna NOT list among the things she misses about Ed?
(a) His great hugs.
(b) His bedtime stories.
(c) His stupid jokes.
(d) His Nicholas Cage impression.

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

12. What two injuries does Anna say she had still displayed when leaving the hospital?
(a) A bruised spine and a damaged throat.
(b) A slipped disc and a twisted knee.
(c) A fractured wrist and a sprained ankle.
(d) A broken ankle and a bruised face.

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

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

15. 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 uses Google Earth.
(b) She asks Bina to describe it sometimes when she comes over.
(c) She hangs her camera out the window using a pole.
(d) She has security cameras.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is NOT an item Anna mentions as being part of her impression of why she and Ed no longer live together?

3. What happens to prevent John Miller from discovering his wife with another man?

4. For how long has Bina been working as Anna's physical therapist?

5. What is the name of the dilapidated church that abuts Anna's townhome?

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