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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. What is one piece of information Sara Jane does not provide to Jeremy and Ezra after meeting Lisa Sample?
(a) Sarah Jane does not say that the name of the woman who answered was Lisa Sample.
(b) Sarah Jane does not reveal the exact location of Lisa's farmhouse.
(c) Sarah Jane does not profess that she shared a picture with Lisa.
(d) Sarah Jane does not disclose that Lisa Sample nearly tried to kill her.

2. Where did Steve meet Jeremy's mother, Linda?
(a) Steve met Linda through mutual friends.
(b) Steve and Linda grew up close to each other.
(c) Steve met Linda at college.
(d) Steve met Linda when she was his waitress at a diner he went to often.

3. How does Jeremy feel about his father's request about future jobs?
(a) Jeremy feels like "there wasn't much else to say" (7).
(b) Jeremy feels as if his father is trying to make him stay home for selfish reasons.
(c) Jeremy feels like "his father is being nosy, because he feels ashamed of" (7) Jeremy.
(d) Jeremy feels as if his father is too "tired to answer each other's questions about it..." (7).

4. At the start of the novel, who brings back the movies, "She's All That" and says it is malfunctioning?
(a) Ezra Collins.
(b) Lisa Sample.
(c) Sarah Jane.
(d) Lindsey Redinius.

5. When Jeremy opens Video Hut, what does he have to do first?
(a) Jeremy must power up the register.
(b) Jeremy has to check the lights front and back.
(c) Jeremy tiles slot returns and returns cases to displays.
(d) Jeremy checks the database for tapes overdue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarah Jane take with her after briefly visiting Video Hut after not being there for days?

2. Who does Steve claim to see in a clip from the movie that he watches with Jeremy and Shauna after dinner?

3. What connection does Stephanie make about the two of the videos at lunch?

4. Where has Stephanie Parsons received her Master's in education?

5. When does Jeremy's mother, Linda, die according to Steve in Part One, Chapter 9?

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. What is puzzling about the fact that Jeremy's co-worker, Ezra, works at Video Hut?

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

4. Why does Sarah Jane go to the farmhouse in Collins after viewing the videos? How does Sarah Jane know how to locate the farmhouse?

5. 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?

6. How is the first added scene of the movie "Targets" described? Why is it odd?

7. 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?

8. What motives does Jeremy have to speak with Sarah Jane about possibly taking another job?

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

10. How does Sarah Jane respond to the videos after she views them?

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