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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sarah Jane's first conclusion after watching one of the video's unusual scenes in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) Sarah Jane wants to possibly call the police.
(b) Sarah Jane asks Jeremy to burn all of the videos with weird scenes.
(c) Sarah Jane wants to put the video back on the shelf.
(d) Sarah Jane says that the video has to be thrown away and never spoken about.

2. What is in the picture Sarah Jane shows Lisa Sample?
(a) Three people with hoods over their heads.
(b) Lisa Sample's shed.
(c) Lisa Sample's farmhouse.
(d) A man with a mask.

3. What is the first place that Bob Veatch shows Jeremy after the interview?
(a) The management offices.
(b) The junkyard.
(c) The warehouse.
(d) The administration office.

4. At the start of Part One, Chapter 8, when Sarah Jane does return to the store, what reason does she give to Jeremy for her absence?
(a) Jeremy assumes that Sarah Jane is having an affair with a married man.
(b) Sarah Jane says that she has not been able to keep any food down.
(c) Sarah Jane says that she has been taking care of a sick family member.
(d) Jeremy does not ask Sarah Jane why she missed work.

5. When Sarah Jane encounters Lisa Sample out in Collins at a farmhouse, what lie does she tell Lisa to gain access to seeing her shed?
(a) Sarah Jane says she needs to look at the shed, because her father is building a toolshed himself.
(b) Sarah Jane says she needs to see the shed, because Sarah Jane used to live there.
(c) Sarah Jane says she needs to see the shed for a college project.
(d) Sarah Jane says she needs to see the shed, because it is in one of Video Huts videos.

6. Who does Jeremy's father, Steve, say is willing to give Jeremy a job?
(a) Bob Veatch.
(b) Lisa Sample.
(c) Steve's boss, Mr. Wright.
(d) Mr. Houghtons.

7. What movie does Shauna say is an example of how people can edit and change things to make them seem more real?
(a) "The Shining."
(b) "The Blair Witch Project."
(c) "The Iowa Connection.
(d) "People with Problems."

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

9. In Part One, what is the proven factor that justifies Sarah Jane's connection of the video's scenes?
(a) Sarah Jane says that the hood, not only the chair, prove that the "hoods" are in various videos, and there is a valid connection.
(b) Sarah Jane tells Jeremy that he has no idea how the woman in the video is the same in each situation.
(c) Sarah Jane confesses that a friend of hers told her the true story.
(d) Sarah Jane says that the area of Collins is so recognizable that the videos had to be taken at the same spot.

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

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

12. What is the name of the company Sarah Jane calls to ask about the videos' edited scenes?
(a) Video Hut's Headquarters.
(b) Southern Video.
(c) Northern Video.
(d) Nevada, Iowa Video.

13. Where is the setting of the story?
(a) Nevada, Iowa.
(b) New York City, New York.
(c) Portland, Massachusetts.
(d) Las Vegas, Nevada.

14. According to Part One, Chapter 2, what county is the setting of the novel?
(a) Nevada County.
(b) Las Vegas County.
(c) Cherokee County.
(d) Story County.

15. What is the puzzling timecode stamp on the video, "She's All That"?
(a) 01/01/2001.
(b) 00/00/0000.
(c) 01/01/2000.
(d) 00/00/XXXX.

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. How old was Jeremy when his mother died?

3. What is the first job Jeremy's father, Steve, recommends Jeremy take?

4. Why does Ezra say Sarah Jane will not be coming to work in Part One, Chapter 7?

5. What does Jeremy mean when he says he and his father eat at the dinner table, "like a family" (13)?

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