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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 time do Jeremy and Stephanie go out to Lisa's farmhouse in Part Three, Chapter 3?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 1.30 p.m.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 8.45 p.m

2. Where does Lisa say that these other people from the videos went in Part Three, Chapter 2?
(a) "They're out there somewhere" (148).
(b) "It's kind of strange" (148).
(c) "I don't really know" (148).
(d) "People you once knew who've gone somewhere" (149).

3. What unexpected question does the woman in the movie theater ask Irene?
(a) The woman asks Irene if she is a churchgoer.
(b) The woman asks Irene if she can hold Lisa.
(c) The woman asks Irene to convert to Catholicism.
(d) The woman asks Irene to watch Lisa closer, because there are devious people in the theater.

4. What purchase does Lisa ask her father, Peter, to make?
(a) Lisa wants Peter to buy a new lawn mower.
(b) Lisa wants Peter to take her to Omaha to buy new clothes.
(c) Lisa wants Peter to purchase her a new bicycle.
(d) Lisa wants Peter to take the family on vacation.

5. What does Irene say in the letter she sends two weeks after she goes missing in Part Two, Chapter 6?
(a) She wrote, "She had gone to await the coming of the Most High..." (128).
(b) "I can't figure how your going to find out.." (128).
(c) "This will be the only time you hear from me" (128).
(d) "Do you want me to look after Lisa...?" (128).

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Irene go to college according to Part Two, Chapter 3?

3. What is the last thing Steve wrote in his journal before taking it out and adding more now in Part Three, Chapter 4?

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

5. In Part Three, Chapter 2, while in Lisa's cellar, what question does Sarah Jane ask Lisa?

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. 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.

3. 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?

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

6. How does Lisa initially respond to her mother's disappearance?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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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