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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 did Irene go to college according to Part Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Ottumwa Heights College.
(b) Iowa State University.
(c) Tama Community College.
(d) Reed University.

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

3. Why is Irene surprised when she attends a church in Council Bluffs?
(a) Irene is surprised, because the church is very beautiful and ornate.
(b) Irene is puzzled about the large size of the congregation.
(c) Irene is baffled, because she meets Michael Christopher, the homeless man, outside the church.
(d) Irene is surprised, because Michael Christopher, the homeless man she met earlier, is the pastor.

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

5. What game is Irene trying to teach Lisa at the start of Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Parcheesi.
(b) Dominoes.
(c) War, the card game.
(d) Checkers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Irene give to the homeless man outside the Old Market in Part Two, Chapter 2?

2. What does Irene miss most when Peter and she moves to Crescent?

3. How long has it been from the time Jeremy starts his new job in Part Three to when he visited Lisa's farmhouse shed?

4. What time do Jeremy and Stephanie go out to Lisa's farmhouse in Part Three, Chapter 3?

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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