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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Irene go to college according to Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Reed University.
(b) Ottumwa Heights College.
(c) Iowa State University.
(d) Tama Community College.

2. Where does Lisa say that these other people from the videos went in Part Three, Chapter 2?
(a) "People you once knew who've gone somewhere" (149).
(b) "They're out there somewhere" (148).
(c) "It's kind of strange" (148).
(d) "I don't really know" (148).

3. What is one reason Lisa says that wanted to move to the farmhouse Collins?
(a) Lisa says that she wanted to return to the farmhouse, because that was where she was born
(b) Lisa confesses that she had made a very bad decision in her early life and needed to run away and live somewhere isolated.
(c) Lisa gives the reason that she wanted to live where she belonged, where she was born, in Iowa.
(d) Lisa says that the farmhouse was given to her by her family, and so she feels a deep connection to it.

4. How does Jeremy respond when his father says that he is dating again?
(a) Jeremy tells his dad that his mother would have wanted him to be happy.
(b) Jeremy yells at his father for being selfish.
(c) Jeremy asks his dad questions about this new woman.
(d) Jeremy gets very upset and told his dad that it was too soon.

5. In Part One, Chapter 8, where does Lisa Sample say she spent a short while before moving to Collins?
(a) Nevada, Iowa.
(b) Ames, Iowa.
(c) Las Vegas, Nevada.
(d) Madison, Wisconsin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe children in Part Two, Chapter 6?

2. Who does Jeremy's father, Steve, say is willing to give Jeremy a job?

3. How does Lisa react to her mother, Irene, leaving the family with no explanation?

4. What does Irene draw next to her signature in the Christmas card?

5. What does Jeremy do after Sarah Jane stops showing up to work?

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