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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Chapters 8-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Steve claim to see in a clip from the movie that he watches with Jeremy and Shauna after dinner?
(a) Steve tells Jeremy and his girlfriend that he sees a woman tied to a chair.
(b) Steve tells his girlfriend that he sees a woman running down a road, and that they should not tell Sarah Jane, because it will upset her.
(c) Steve claims that there is a brief shot of a man with blood running down his nose.
(d) Steve claims that he sees his wife, Linda.

2. What is one piece of information Sara Jane does not provide to Jeremy and Ezra after meeting Lisa Sample?
(a) Sarah Jane does not reveal the exact location of Lisa's farmhouse.
(b) Sarah Jane does not profess that she shared a picture with Lisa.
(c) Sarah Jane does not say that the name of the woman who answered was Lisa Sample.
(d) Sarah Jane does not disclose that Lisa Sample nearly tried to kill her.

3. Why does Lisa say that does not want to get rid of the wasps at her house according to Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) The wasps were there long before Lisa.
(b) It is just nature for them to be there.
(c) It is too expensive to have them removed.
(d) The wasps have just as much a right to be there as Lisa.

4. What suggestion does Steve's counselor make to him?
(a) Steve keep a journal.
(b) Steve draw paintings of his deceased wife.
(c) Steve speak to Jeremy about his wife's death.
(d) Steve forget about his wife's death and move forward.

5. On one of the first mornings that Sarah Jane stays at Lisa's in Part One, Chapter 12, she sees a picture on the wall that has been personalized with a note: What does the note say?
(a) The picture had bold black writing at the type that stated, "Are you going back to get your things?" (81).
(b) At the bottom of the picture it read, "You already know a little about the business" (81).
(c) The scribbled writing states, "The view in the morning is really something" (81).
(d) The note reads, "You're always welcome back at Henry's! Love Irene" (81).

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jeremy's father, Steve, have dinner with at Spaghetti Works in Des Moines?

2. According to Part One, Chapter 2, what county is the setting of the novel?

3. What beginning statement(s) does Steve finally write in his journal in Part One, Chapter 9?

4. According to the end of Part One, Chapter 9, how does Jeremy feel about his relationship with his father in the absence of his mother?

5. What is so strange about Ezra's, Jeremy's co-worker at Video Hut, car accident?

(see the answer key)

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