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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. 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 with a purpose, to get something, or to bring news, or because they live there.
(c) People only go there to take inventory of the shelves or drawers.
(d) People only go there to pull up the staircase carpet, worn down from years of use.

2. 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?
(a) Sarah Jane says she needs to see the shed, because Sarah Jane used to live there.
(b) Sarah Jane says she needs to see the shed, because it is in one of Video Huts videos.
(c) Sarah Jane says she needs to look at the shed, because her father is building a toolshed himself.
(d) Sarah Jane says she needs to see the shed for a college project.

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

4. What advice does Stephanie give to Jeremy during their meeting in Part One, Chapter 10?
(a) Stephanie tells Jeremy that he needs to go someplace and get away from home.
(b) Stephanie demands that Jeremy not tell anyone about their meeting, because it will cause trouble.
(c) Stephanie tells Jeremy that he should quit his job at Video Hut.
(d) Stephanie requests that Jeremy watch Sarah Jane closely.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many job interviews has Jeremy been on before applying for a job at Veatch Son offices?

2. Who does Ezra live with?

3. What is different about Jeremy's copy of the video,"Targets" in Part One?

4. What does Jeremy do after Sarah Jane stops showing up to work?

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

3. 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?

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

5. What is the overall theme of the Quote that precedes the novel?

6. In Steve's final paragraph in his journal, how is it both tender and full of fear?

7. How does Stephanie come to the conclusion that both edited scenes in "Target" and "She's All That" are from the same place?

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. How does Lisa Sample answer Sarah Jane's questions about the farmhouse and the woman in the snapshot? What does Sarah Jane think after she leaves the farmhouse?

10. How does Steve approach and question Jeremy about his new girlfriend, Shauna?

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