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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 Irene miss most when Peter and she moves to Crescent?
(a) Her mother, Irene.
(b) The vast fields and open spaces.
(c) Her father, Harold.
(d) Henry's Drive-In.

2. What is printed inside the Christmas card Lisa leaves?
(a) "Love is forever" (125).
(b) "There's a reason for the season" (125).
(c) "There is a reason to celebrate the birth of Christ" (125).
(d) "Christmas should be spent with family, because they are the most important" (125).

3. How does Lisa react to her mother, Irene, leaving the family with no explanation?
(a) Lisa starts to act out in school and refuses to follow directions.
(b) Lisa seems to go about her regular life and attend school.
(c) Lisa is very distraught and cannot go to school.
(d) Lisa never talks to anyone about her mother's disappearance.

4. Where does Jeremy tell his father Ezra was at after his car accident?
(a) Ezra is at the hospital.
(b) Ezra is at home with his family.
(c) Ezra is at Lisa's farmhouse.
(d) Ezra is at his cousin's house in Collins.

5. What best describe Peter's demeanor while courting Irene in Part Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Peter had an "easy touch...and pervasive mild formality" (90).
(b) Peter had a very chivalrous traditional tone, because he "lived alone and worked around cattle" (90).
(c) Peter was "conscious of not wanting to wear out his welcome" (90).
(d) Peter's demeanor was "obvious and awkward" (90).

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lisa say that these other people from the videos went in Part Three, Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of Jeremy's future new co-worker at Veatch and Son?

3. How does the narrator describe children in Part Two, Chapter 6?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Irene view Peter Sample's courtship? What brings her to marry Peter, even though internally she has reservations?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. How is Peter Sample's life described at the start of Part Two, Chapter 1? Do not use the exact information provided, but make inferences that can be drawn. Write in your own words.

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