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

2. What lie does Sarah Jane tell Jeremy after they leave the scene of the car accident in Part Three, Chapter 1?
(a) Sarah Jane lies to Jeremy about her cell phone not having a signal.
(b) Sarah Jane lies about being the reason Ezra crashed, because she drove Ezra off of the road.
(c) Sarah Jane tells Jeremy that there is no phone at Lisa's farmhouse.
(d) Sarah Jane does not tell Jeremy about why Ezra was out in the Collins area.

3. What is the name of the movie theater Lisa wants Irene to take her to while visited Omaha?
(a) Hallmark Theater.
(b) Omaha Cinema.
(c) Harkins Theater.
(d) Astro Theater.

4. What does Irene draw next to her signature in the Christmas card?
(a) A little Christmas tree.
(b) A happy face.
(c) A peace sign.
(d) A sad face.

5. Why does Jeremy show up at Lisa farmhouse after witnessing the scene of Ezra's car accident?
(a) Jeremy knows Lisa will help.
(b) Jeremy feels as if Sarah Jane would want to know, because there will be one less employee at Video Hut.
(c) Jeremy does not know where else to go.
(d) Jeremy knows Sarah Jane is there and can help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeremy ask Sarah Jane for when he arrives at Lisa's farmhouse?

2. What connection do Irene and the woman discover at the movie theater?

3. What unexpected question does the woman in the movie theater ask Irene?

4. Where does Irene put the tract she receives from the homeless man?

5. What advice does Pastor Brian, the Pastor from the Crescent church, give to Peter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jeremy's lack of knowledge about Stephanie's apartment help him discover something critical about himself?

2. 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?

3. In Part Three, Chapter 1, what are the two versions of where Irene may be according to the narrator? How do the different stories leave out any definite information?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. How does Lisa explain her reasoning to Sarah Jane for taking the videos and adding the scenes into the movies?

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