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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 does Irene give to the homeless man outside the Old Market in Part Two, Chapter 2?
(a) Jacket.
(b) Food.
(c) Change.
(d) Cigarette.

2. Who receives a letter from Irene two weeks after she goes missing?
(a) Irene's parents, the Coltons.
(b) Peter Sample.
(c) The Coltons.
(d) Michael Christopher.

3. 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 going to move back to Tama.
(b) Sarah Jane asks Lisa why she has so many tapes.
(c) Sarah Jane asks Lisa if she is happy living in her isolated farmhouse.
(d) Sarah Jane asks Lisa if she is going to throw away all her tapes.

4. What conflict does Peter have at the start of Part Two, Chapter 4?
(a) Peter feels that his wife is changing, but he cannot talk to her about it.
(b) Peter wonders if Irene is properly taking care of Lisa.
(c) Peter does not want to stay in Crescent, but he thinks Irene does.
(d) Peter feels that his wife is starting to spend time away from home, and he wonders where she goes.

5. What does the tract, piece of paper, that the homeless man gives to Irene contain?
(a) Poetry.
(b) A drawing of scenery.
(c) His diary entries.
(d) Bible verses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jeremy have blood on his shirt when he arrives at Lisa's farmhouse at the start of Part Three?

2. What does Irene say in the letter she sends two weeks after she goes missing in Part Two, Chapter 6?

3. Where does Ezra's car end up during the accident?

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

5. Whose life's background is the focus of Part Two, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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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