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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 Ezra's car end up during the accident?
(a) Right side up in a ditch.
(b) Upside down in a ditch.
(c) Crashed into a tree.
(d) Upside down in the other lane.

2. What is the name of the movie theater Lisa wants Irene to take her to while visited Omaha?
(a) Omaha Cinema.
(b) Harkins Theater.
(c) Hallmark Theater.
(d) Astro Theater.

3. Why does Jeremy have blood on his shirt when he arrives at Lisa's farmhouse at the start of Part Three?
(a) Jeremy helped Ezra out of the car when he crashed.
(b) Jeremy received a severe burn while helping Ezra out of the car.
(c) Jeremy crawled into Ezra's car to get Ezra's belongings out of the car.
(d) Jeremy gave CPR to Ezra after his car accident.

4. Who is on the porch when Jeremy and Stephanie arrive at Lisa's farmhouse?
(a) Lisa Sample.
(b) Peter Sample.
(c) Sarah Jane.
(d) Ezra.

5. What did Lisa do for the other people who stayed at the farmhouse?
(a) Lisa's farmhouse was a place for worshipping the Lord.
(b) Lisa was a motherlike figure who provided compassion.
(c) Lisa was a witness and kept their memories alive.
(d) Lisa provided a safe place for the homeless and outsiders.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Sarah Jane asks Lisa where she got all the videos, what does Lisa say?

4. Why does Irene leave Wednesday Bible study early?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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. 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 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.

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

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

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