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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. How many job interviews has Jeremy been on before applying for a job at Veatch Son offices?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

2. Why does Lisa say that does not want to get rid of the wasps at her house according to Part One, Chapter 8?
(a) It is just nature for them to be there.
(b) The wasps have just as much a right to be there as Lisa.
(c) The wasps were there long before Lisa.
(d) It is too expensive to have them removed.

3. Who does Steve claim to see in a clip from the movie that he watches with Jeremy and Shauna after dinner?
(a) Steve claims that there is a brief shot of a man with blood running down his nose.
(b) Steve tells Jeremy and his girlfriend that he sees a woman tied to a chair.
(c) Steve claims that he sees his wife, Linda.
(d) Steve tells his girlfriend that he sees a woman running down a road, and that they should not tell Sarah Jane, because it will upset her.

4. What does Jeremy do after Sarah Jane stops showing up to work?
(a) Jeremy stops by Sarah Jane's house to see if she is home.
(b) Jeremy does not show up at work, because Sarah Jane has also not been showing up.
(c) Jeremy tells Sarah Jane that he is quitting his job at Video Hut.
(d) Jeremy calls Sarah Jane and tells her Video Hut is starting to lose a lot of business.

5. Where does Jeremy meet Stephanie to discuss Sarah Jane's returned videos?
(a) Gregory's.
(b) Jeremy's house.
(c) Video Hut.
(d) Stephanie's parents' house.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Part One, Chapter 7, what is the only reason people visit isolated farmhouses?

2. What does Jeremy mean when he says he and his father eat at the dinner table, "like a family" (13)?

3. Who does Jeremy's father, Steve, say is willing to give Jeremy a job?

4. What beginning statement(s) does Steve finally write in his journal in Part One, Chapter 9?

5. How can Stephanie's demeanor be characterized during her meeting with Jeremy about the similarity of the videos?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Jeremy feel about holiday conversations as described in Part One, Chapter 2?

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

5. What are some reasons for why it is mysterious that Sarah Jane moves into Lisa's farmhouse?

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. 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?

8. In Part One, Chapter 6, what version of events does the narrator say happened, even though the novel says that Sarah Jane tells Jeremy a different story?

9. Why is Jeremy hesitant to take the new job at Bob Veatch's company?

10. What is an alternate version to how Jeremy's life unfolds if he does not pursue investigating the added scenes to the videos?

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