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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 why she is living at Lisa's farmhouse.
(b) Jeremy asks Sarah Jane why she had asked Ezra to come to Lisa's farmhouse.
(c) Jeremy asks Sarah Jane to explain why she is so persistent to go to the scene of the car accident.
(d) Jeremy asks Sarah Jane what is going on at Lisa's farmhouse.

2. In Part Three, Chapter 2, while in Lisa's cellar, what question does Sarah Jane ask Lisa?
(a) Sarah Jane asks Lisa if she is happy living in her isolated farmhouse.
(b) Sarah Jane asks Lisa if she is going to throw away all her tapes.
(c) Sarah Jane asks Lisa if she is going to move back to Tama.
(d) Sarah Jane asks Lisa why she has so many tapes.

3. Where does Irene want to live?
(a) Tama.
(b) Crescent.
(c) Collins.
(d) Omaha.

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

5. When Sarah Jane asks Lisa where she got all the videos, what does Lisa say?
(a) Lisa found the videos in the cellar when she moved into the farmhouse.
(b) The videos are surveillance videos Lisa's father gave her.
(c) Lisa made all of the videos herself.
(d) Some videos Lisa has made and others she already had.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tract, piece of paper, that the homeless man gives to Irene contain?

2. Where does Irene first meet Peter Sample?

3. What do the police say to Peter when he shows them Irene's card in Part Two, Chapter 6?

4. Why is Jeremy's father, Steve, so inquisitive about Ezra's car accident?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. The story shifts to the future as Jeremy works his new job and demolishes a shed. It ends by saying, "The shock of the impact, the satisfying crunch of boards cracking under hard steel, the muffled sounds of everything inside being quickly crumpled into unrecognizable pulp" (160). What does Jeremy's illustration say about his past experience in Lisa's shed? In what ways does the account provide further insight into Jeremy's development as a character?

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

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

5. In what ways is Irene's new married life in Crescent different from when she lived in Tama? How does the move emotionally affect her?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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