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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 Jeremy's father, Steve Heldt, doing when Jeremy returns home in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Steve is making dinner.
(b) Steve is yelling at Jeremy's mother, Lisa Sample.
(c) Steve is cleaning the gutters.
(d) Steve is watching a movie.

2. What is the first place that Bob Veatch shows Jeremy after the interview?
(a) The administration office.
(b) The warehouse.
(c) The management offices.
(d) The junkyard.

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

4. According to Part One, Chapter 7, what is the only reason people visit isolated farmhouses?
(a) People only go there forgetting the feel of being behind a door, safely shielded from the sky.
(b) People only go there to take inventory of the shelves or drawers.
(c) People only go there to pull up the staircase carpet, worn down from years of use.
(d) People only go there with a purpose, to get something, or to bring news, or because they live there.

5. Why does Stephanie visit Video Hut a second time?
(a) Stephanie wants to know if Jeremy has seen the video she returned.
(b) Stephanie wants a refund for the malfunctioning video due to its content.
(c) Stephanie wants to know if Sarah Jane has seen the video she returned.
(d) Stephanie wants to tell Jeremy more about the video she watched.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning Quote, what does the author compare "secret agents" to?

2. What does Stephanie tell Jeremy to do after Sarah Jane leaves the store?

3. When Sarah Jane encounters Lisa Sample out in Collins at a farmhouse, what lie does she tell Lisa to gain access to seeing her shed?

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

5. Who does Ezra live with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Jeremy's excuses for not contacting the police after admitting the videos have similarities and are violent?

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

5. In Part One, Chapter 11, what is unusual and scary to Steve about the added scene in "Blue Chips?"

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

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

8. 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?

9. How does Steve's date go with Shauna Kinzer? How does Jeremy feel about this new relationship?

10. 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?

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