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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. Whose life's background is the focus of Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Roger Mitchell.
(b) Irene Sample
(c) Jeremy Heldt.
(d) Sarah Jane.

2. 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?
(a) Jeremy feels that his father tries to replace his mother with other women, and it is insulting.
(b) Jeremy believes that he should be able to leave his father and experience a life somewhere far away.
(c) Jeremy cannot understand why his father insists on pretending that his mother's death is not that big of a deal.
(d) Jeremy feels that they have created a comfortable space, where he does not have to think much.

3. What is different about Jeremy's copy of the video,"Targets" in Part One?
(a) Jeremy's copy has one scene not present in the original video.
(b) Jeremy's copy shows a scene with a crying woman.
(c) Jeremy's copy is broken, and he cannot figure out how to play it.
(d) Jeremy's copy has two scenes not present in the original video.

4. Why does Stephanie want to go out to Collins in Part Three, Chapter 3?
(a) Stephanie knows there are bad things happening there.
(b) Stephanie likes Jeremy and wants to spend time with him.
(c) Stephanie wants adventure, but she does not want it to be messy.
(d) Stephanie wants to expose Lisa for who she really is.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of the novel, why does Stephanie want Jeremy to talk to Sarah Jane, the owner of Video Hut?

2. In Part One, Chapter 8, where does Lisa Sample say she spent a short while before moving to Collins?

3. What is the name of the counselor that Steve sees after his wife dies?

4. Why do the wives in Crescent trade Fridays off watching the children on Fridays?

5. How can Stephanie's demeanor be characterized during her meeting with Jeremy about the similarity of the videos?

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