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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. Where does Irene first meet Peter Sample?
(a) Irene and Peter meet at church.
(b) Irene and Peter meet on the A train they both took to work.
(c) Irene and Peter meet as children, when they were neighbors.
(d) Irene and Peter meet Henry's Drive-In.

2. What advice does Pastor Brian, the Pastor from the Crescent church, give to Peter?
(a) Pastor Brian tells he does not want to get involved in the situation.
(b) Pastor Brian tells Peter to move on with his life.
(c) Pastor Brian tells Peter to be patient.
(d) Pastor Brian tells Peter to go to the church in Omaha.

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

4. How long has it been from the time Jeremy starts his new job in Part Three to when he visited Lisa's farmhouse shed?
(a) 16 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 2 years.

5. Why do the wives in Crescent trade Fridays off watching the children on Fridays?
(a) The wives trade, because it will save them money.
(b) The wives trade, so that the other wives not watching the children can cook and clean their houses.
(c) The wives trade, because the wives not watching the children can work.
(d) The wives trade, so that they it is easier, because then the other wives can run errands.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the movie theater Lisa wants Irene to take her to while visited Omaha?

3. What justification does Irene make to Peter about moving back to Tama?

4. Why does Irene leave Wednesday Bible study early?

5. Why does Sarah Jane say that she is staying at Lisa's farmhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. 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.

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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