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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Jeremy's mother, Linda, die according to Steve in Part One, Chapter 9?
(a) Summer of 1993, around the 4th of July.
(b) Winter of 1994, Christmastime.
(c) Spring of 1994, right after St. Patrick's Day.
(d) Winter of 1984, Christmastime.

2. What revelation does Stephanie make about the scenes from the two videos?
(a) Stephanie cannot seem to figure out where the two scenes take place at.
(b) Stephanie determines that the setting is the same.
(c) Stephanie is certain the same woman is in both scenes.
(d) Stephanie makes Jeremy watch the videos again to look for how the camera angles are the same.

3. At the start of the novel, why does Stephanie want Jeremy to talk to Sarah Jane, the owner of Video Hut?
(a) Stephanie tells Jeremy to tell Sarah Jane to call her.
(b) Stephanie tells Jeremy to ask Sarah Jane when her next shift is.
(c) Stephanie asks Jeremy to ask Sarah when she needs to return a video.
(d) Stephanie asks Jeremy to tell Sarah Jane that a certain video does not work.

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

5. 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 put the video back on the shelf.
(b) Sarah Jane asks Jeremy to burn all of the videos with weird scenes.
(c) Sarah Jane says that the video has to be thrown away and never spoken about.
(d) Sarah Jane wants to possibly call the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most insightful finding Jeremy makes about Sarah Jane's visit to Collins?

2. What do people usually say when they return videos to Video Hut according to the start of Part One, Chapter 1?

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

4. What is one of the movies played in rotation at Video Hut?

5. What is the puzzling timecode stamp on the video, "She's All That"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do you know that Jeremy is curious about Sarah Jane and the videos? What conversation does he have with Stephanie to prove this?

2. Why does Sarah Jane lie to Jeremy about her trip to Collins?

3. What reasons does Jeremy have for driving home from work in the evening instead of letting his boss, Sarah Jane, close the store for him?

4. At the end of Part One, Chapter 2, Jeremy describes the tone of winter. What specifically does he say about it? How is his description metaphorical?

5. What metaphor does the narrator make about snakes in Part One, Chapter 10? How does this metaphor apply to greater themes in the novel?

6. How does the suggestion that Steve keep a journal from his therapist, Ken Wahl, help Steve overcome some of his grief from losing his wife?

7. Why does Jeremy think that his father, Steve, is truly fixing the gutter during the day when Jeremy returns home from work?

8. At the start of the novel, what is Jeremy's reaction when Stephanie Parson's returns a video?

9. What does Jeremy do after his father goes to sleep at the end of Part One, Chapter 4? Why does he do it?

10. In Part One, Chapter 7, the narrator provides reasons for why a person would live in a farmhouse. How does this description of setting connect to a greater theme?

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