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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. Even though it was none of his business, what does Jeremy ask Sarah Jane after they leave the scene of the accident at the start of Part Three?
(a) Jeremy asks Sarah Jane to explain why she is so persistent to go to the scene of the car accident.
(b) Jeremy asks Sarah Jane what is going on at Lisa's farmhouse.
(c) Jeremy asks Sarah Jane why she is living at Lisa's farmhouse.
(d) Jeremy asks Sarah Jane why she had asked Ezra to come to Lisa's farmhouse.

2. What else happens to make Peter think that Irene will not return home?
(a) The house is missing a cross that was hanging on the wall.
(b) The car is missing from the driveway.
(c) Irene has taken her Bible that is usually lying on her nightstand.
(d) Irene's closets have been emptied.

3. What hopeful, but unlikely, situation does the narrator portray in regards to Irene and Lisa at the start of Part Three?
(a) Irene never contacts Peter or Lisa again, and that Irene is happier with her new life.
(b) Irene falls in love with Michael Christoper and marries him.
(c) Irene calls Lisa and they are together again.
(d) Irene returns to Peter and Lisa, and they are a family again.

4. What does the tract, piece of paper, that the homeless man gives to Irene contain?
(a) His diary entries.
(b) Poetry.
(c) A drawing of scenery.
(d) Bible verses.

5. Why does Jeremy have blood on his shirt when he arrives at Lisa's farmhouse at the start of Part Three?
(a) Jeremy gave CPR to Ezra after his car accident.
(b) Jeremy received a severe burn while helping Ezra out of the car.
(c) Jeremy crawled into Ezra's car to get Ezra's belongings out of the car.
(d) Jeremy helped Ezra out of the car when he crashed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Irene want to live?

2. In Part Two, Chapter 1, what is the topic of the argument the Samples and Peter are having?

3. What did Lisa do for the other people who stayed at the farmhouse?

4. What is Jeremy's co-worker surprised to find out about Jeremy in Part Three?

5. What does Irene oddly start saving in a bucket in the kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Irene places the tract given to her by pastor Michael Christopher in her pocket and then in the "anything drawer" at the house. Why does Irene's placement of the tract give it more meaning?

2. Why is Sarah Jane truly concerned about Ezra's car accident?

3. Why are Jeremy and Stephanie surprised to meet Lisa on her porch when they travel there in the middle of the night?

4. Upon Irene's first visit to Michael Christopher's church, what is his interpretation and the importance of the Bible verse from Luke?

5. Using the quote, "...when she'd [Irene] gave no indication that anything unusual had happened or was about to happen or would continue happening without interruption in the days to follow" (127), what might the reader assume about Irene's disappearance?

6. How and why does Sarah Jane justify not providing Jeremy access to the phone at the farmhouse after Ezra's accident?

7. How does Lisa initially respond to her mother's disappearance?

8. What are some of the first signs that Irene is taking her new church very seriously, and that it may be beginning to take over her life?

9. Why does Jeremy relate a weekend in Vegas to what happens to him at Lisa house in Part Three, Chapter 4?

10. When Irene leaves Bible study early and tells Peter it is because the others did not like the question she is asking, what sort of questions is Irene most likely asking that are controversial?

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