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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Jeremy's co-worker surprised to find out about Jeremy in Part Three?
(a) Jeremy's co-worker is surprised that Jeremy worked at a video store before.
(b) Jeremy's co-worker is intrigued that Jeremy knows how to operate the Super Boom.
(c) Jeremy's co-worker is surprised that Jeremy knows about building a shed.
(d) Jeremy's co-worker is caught off guard that Jeremy still lives at home with his father, because Jeremy is old enough to live alone.

4. In reality, what happens after Irene's disappearance?
(a) Irene marries Michael Christopher.
(b) Irene is never seen again.
(c) Irene becomes a leader in a church.
(d) Irene returns to her family.

5. 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).

6. What does Irene miss most when Peter and she moves to Crescent?
(a) The vast fields and open spaces.
(b) Henry's Drive-In.
(c) Her father, Harold.
(d) Her mother, Irene.

7. Where does Ezra's car end up during the accident?
(a) Upside down in a ditch.
(b) Crashed into a tree.
(c) Right side up in a ditch.
(d) Upside down in the other lane.

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

9. In Part Three, Chapter 2, while in Lisa's cellar, what question does Sarah Jane ask Lisa?
(a) Sarah Jane asks Lisa if she is going to throw away all her tapes.
(b) Sarah Jane asks Lisa why she has so many tapes.
(c) Sarah Jane asks Lisa if she is going to move back to Tama.
(d) Sarah Jane asks Lisa if she is happy living in her isolated farmhouse.

10. What else happens to make Peter think that Irene will not return home?
(a) The car is missing from the driveway.
(b) The house is missing a cross that was hanging on the wall.
(c) Irene has taken her Bible that is usually lying on her nightstand.
(d) Irene's closets have been emptied.

11. What justification does Irene make to Peter about moving back to Tama?
(a) Irene tells Peter that they can move to Tama and open up their own business.
(b) Irene tells Peter that they can save money, because Tama is left expensive.
(c) Irene tells Peter that Tama will be a safer place to raise their daughter.
(d) Irene justifies moving to Tama, because there are more job opportunities.

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

13. Where did Irene go to college according to Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Reed University.
(b) Tama Community College.
(c) Iowa State University.
(d) Ottumwa Heights College.

14. In Part Two, Chapter 1, what is the topic of the argument the Samples and Peter are having?
(a) The Samples and Peter argue about whether or not Peter should quit his job.
(b) The Samples and Peter argue about when Peter and Lisa will get married.
(c) The Samples and Peter argue about where Peter and Lisa should live.
(d) The Samples and Peter argue about how Peter and Lisa should raise their children.

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. What does the tract, piece of paper, that the homeless man gives to Irene contain?

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

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

4. What does Steve add to his journal in Part Three, Chapter 3?

5. What hopeful, but unlikely, situation does the narrator portray in regards to Irene and Lisa at the start of Part Three?

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