1. What metaphor does the narrator make about snakes to people on Page 62?
(a) People move on without thinking of the events they have left behind in the same way a snake leaves its shed skin; it is not their fault for what is left behind.
(b) Snakes have to be cunning and smart; people have to approach life in the same way to survive.
(c) People and snakes both have to be free agents, shed their skin, and become new again.
(d) People are similar to snakes, because try to shed their skin or past experiences, yet those experiences are always with them.

2. What does Jeremy state that he wants Steve's girlfriend to do?
(a) Jeremy says that Steve's girlfriend should leave them alone.
(b) Jeremy states that he wants Steve's girlfriend to marry his father.
(c) Jeremy requests that Steve's girlfriend stop trying to be Jeremy's mother.
(d) Jeremy states that he wants Steve's girlfriend to take care of his dad.

3. How does Jeremy feel about his father's request about future jobs?
(a) Jeremy feels as if his father is too "tired to answer each other's questions about it..." (7).
(b) Jeremy feels like "his father is being nosy, because he feels ashamed of" (7) Jeremy.
(c) Jeremy feels like "there wasn't much else to say" (7).
(d) Jeremy feels as if his father is trying to make him stay home for selfish reasons.

4. Where does Jeremy meet Stephanie to discuss Sarah Jane's returned videos?
(a) Jeremy's house.
(b) Video Hut.
(c) Stephanie's parents' house.
(d) Gregory's.

5. According to Part One, Chapter 7, what is the only reason people visit isolated farmhouses?
(a) People only go there forgetting the feel of being behind a door, safely shielded from the sky.
(b) People only go there with a purpose, to get something, or to bring news, or because they live there.
(c) People only go there to pull up the staircase carpet, worn down from years of use.
(d) People only go there to take inventory of the shelves or drawers.