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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it unusual that Irene left Peter a Christmas Card on the table?
(a) Irene does not normally give cards.
(b) Christmas was days ago.
(c) Christmas was two months earlier.
(d) It is summer.

2. What is the last thing Steve wrote in his journal before taking it out and adding more now in Part Three, Chapter 4?
(a) "Linda I think Jeremy's hurt..." (151).
(b) "Help me Linda..." (151).
(c) "I can't lose Jeremy" (151).
(d) "It feels dark a lot of the time" (151).

3. What unexpected question does the woman in the movie theater ask Irene?
(a) The woman asks Irene to watch Lisa closer, because there are devious people in the theater.
(b) The woman asks Irene if she is a churchgoer.
(c) The woman asks Irene if she can hold Lisa.
(d) The woman asks Irene to convert to Catholicism.

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

5. What purchase does Lisa ask her father, Peter, to make?
(a) Lisa wants Peter to take her to Omaha to buy new clothes.
(b) Lisa wants Peter to take the family on vacation.
(c) Lisa wants Peter to purchase her a new bicycle.
(d) Lisa wants Peter to buy a new lawn mower.

6. Where does Lisa say that these other people from the videos went in Part Three, Chapter 2?
(a) "People you once knew who've gone somewhere" (149).
(b) "It's kind of strange" (148).
(c) "I don't really know" (148).
(d) "They're out there somewhere" (148).

7. What advice does Pastor Brian, the Pastor from the Crescent church, give to Peter?
(a) Pastor Brian tells Peter to be patient.
(b) Pastor Brian tells he does not want to get involved in the situation.
(c) Pastor Brian tells Peter to move on with his life.
(d) Pastor Brian tells Peter to go to the church in Omaha.

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

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

10. Why is Irene surprised when she attends a church in Council Bluffs?
(a) Irene is baffled, because she meets Michael Christopher, the homeless man, outside the church.
(b) Irene is puzzled about the large size of the congregation.
(c) Irene is surprised, because the church is very beautiful and ornate.
(d) Irene is surprised, because Michael Christopher, the homeless man she met earlier, is the pastor.

11. What do the police say to Peter when he shows them Irene's card in Part Two, Chapter 6?
(a) "This really isn't much to go on" (132).
(b) "We need to wait 72 hours before we do anything" (132).
(c) "We can't help you" (132).
(d) "I'm sure that she will be home soon. This happens all the time" (132).

12. Why does Jeremy show up at Lisa farmhouse after witnessing the scene of Ezra's car accident?
(a) Jeremy feels as if Sarah Jane would want to know, because there will be one less employee at Video Hut.
(b) Jeremy knows Lisa will help.
(c) Jeremy does not know where else to go.
(d) Jeremy knows Sarah Jane is there and can help.

13. What is the name of the movie theater Lisa wants Irene to take her to while visited Omaha?
(a) Omaha Cinema.
(b) Harkins Theater.
(c) Hallmark Theater.
(d) Astro Theater.

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

15. Where does Irene want to live?
(a) Crescent.
(b) Collins.
(c) Omaha.
(d) Tama.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Sarah Jane asks Lisa where she got all the videos, what does Lisa say?

3. What does Irene miss most when Peter and she moves to Crescent?

4. Why does Jeremy have blood on his shirt when he arrives at Lisa's farmhouse at the start of Part Three?

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

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