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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Irene first meet Peter Sample?
(a) Irene and Peter meet as children, when they were neighbors.
(b) Irene and Peter meet at church.
(c) Irene and Peter meet Henry's Drive-In.
(d) Irene and Peter meet on the A train they both took to work.

2. What is printed inside the Christmas card Lisa leaves?
(a) "There's a reason for the season" (125).
(b) "There is a reason to celebrate the birth of Christ" (125).
(c) "Christmas should be spent with family, because they are the most important" (125).
(d) "Love is forever" (125).

3. Why does Irene leave Wednesday Bible study early?
(a) Irene feels unseen, as if the others do not want her there.
(b) Irene asks a few questions, and the others tell her to stop.
(c) Irene asks a few questions, and she feels like the others do not like her questions.
(d) Irene feels like the discussion they were having was bizarre and cultish.

4. What best describe Peter's demeanor while courting Irene in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Peter had an "easy touch...and pervasive mild formality" (90).
(b) Peter's demeanor was "obvious and awkward" (90).
(c) Peter was "conscious of not wanting to wear out his welcome" (90).
(d) Peter had a very chivalrous traditional tone, because he "lived alone and worked around cattle" (90).

5. What lie does Sarah Jane tell Jeremy after they leave the scene of the car accident in Part Three, Chapter 1?
(a) Sarah Jane tells Jeremy that there is no phone at Lisa's farmhouse.
(b) Sarah Jane does not tell Jeremy about why Ezra was out in the Collins area.
(c) Sarah Jane lies about being the reason Ezra crashed, because she drove Ezra off of the road.
(d) Sarah Jane lies to Jeremy about her cell phone not having a signal.

6. In what year does Peter propose to Irene?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1967.

7. What excuse does Irene give to Peter about the reason she is losing weight?
(a) Irene tells Peter it is just because she is getting older.
(b) Irene says that she feels like she is not in love with Peter, and it is making her very confused.
(c) Irene says that she is not sure why she is losing weight.
(d) Irene tells Peter she is stressed out about raising Lisa.

8. What does Irene draw next to her signature in the Christmas card?
(a) A sad face.
(b) A peace sign.
(c) A happy face.
(d) A little Christmas tree.

9. Why does Sarah Jane immediately want to go to the scene of Ezra's car accident?
(a) Sarah Jane wants to go help Ezra, because he is obviously injured.
(b) Sarah Jane tells Jeremy she does not believe him, and so she wants to see for herself.
(c) Sara Jane wants to leave, so that Lisa will not get mad.
(d) Sarah Jane wants to get a lot of videos that she knows were in Ezra's car.

10. Where does Jeremy tell his father Ezra was at after his car accident?
(a) Ezra is at the hospital.
(b) Ezra is at Lisa's farmhouse.
(c) Ezra is at his cousin's house in Collins.
(d) Ezra is at home with his family.

11. How far away was Ezra's car accident from Lisa's house?
(a) Two miles.
(b) One mile and a half.
(c) One mile and three quarters.
(d) One mile.

12. What does Jeremy ask Sarah Jane for when he arrives at Lisa's farmhouse?
(a) For a phone to call the police.
(b) A glass of water.
(c) A new shirt.
(d) Something to eat.

13. How long has it been from the time Jeremy starts his new job in Part Three to when he visited Lisa's farmhouse shed?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 16 months.
(d) 2 years.

14. Why do the wives in Crescent trade Fridays off watching the children on Fridays?
(a) The wives trade, because the wives not watching the children can work.
(b) The wives trade, so that the other wives not watching the children can cook and clean their houses.
(c) The wives trade, because it will save them money.
(d) The wives trade, so that they it is easier, because then the other wives can run errands.

15. Where does Irene put the tract she receives from the homeless man?
(a) At the bottom of her sock drawer.
(b) Inside her jacket pocket, where it stays for months.
(c) Inside a beautiful glass jewelry box.
(d) Inside "anything drawer" at the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jeremy show up at Lisa farmhouse after witnessing the scene of Ezra's car accident?

2. What does Irene say in the letter she sends two weeks after she goes missing in Part Two, Chapter 6?

3. What does Irene oddly start saving in a bucket in the kitchen?

4. What is one reason Lisa says that wanted to move to the farmhouse Collins?

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

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