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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One, Chapter 11, what is the name of the movie that Jeremy and Steve thinks portrays family farms in an inaccurate way?

2. What is in the picture Sarah Jane shows Lisa Sample?

3. How many job interviews has Jeremy been on before applying for a job at Veatch Son offices?

4. What is one piece of information Sara Jane does not provide to Jeremy and Ezra after meeting Lisa Sample?

5. Why does Ezra say Sarah Jane will not be coming to work in Part One, Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jeremy act casually about Steve having a new girlfriend?

2. How does Sarah Jane respond to the videos after she views them?

3. How does Steve's date go with Shauna Kinzer? How does Jeremy feel about this new relationship?

4. What metaphor does the narrator make about snakes in Part One, Chapter 10? How does this metaphor apply to greater themes in the novel?

5. In Part One, Chapter 7, the narrator provides reasons for why a person would live in a farmhouse. How does this description of setting connect to a greater theme?

6. What motives does Jeremy have to speak with Sarah Jane about possibly taking another job?

7. What is an alternate version to how Jeremy's life unfolds if he does not pursue investigating the added scenes to the videos?

8. At the start of the novel, what is Jeremy's reaction when Stephanie Parson's returns a video?

9. In Part One, Chapter 3, why does Jeremy decide to watch the malfunctioning videos, even though he usually throws them away?

10. At the end of Part One, Chapter 2, Jeremy describes the tone of winter. What specifically does he say about it? How is his description metaphorical?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The final page of Part Two, Chapter 6 explains how Lisa Sample is dealing with her mother's disappearance. The narrator describes how this situation affected Lisa, even if the signs of sadness and confusion are not seen by others around her. What does the narrator say about the effects on Lisa after her mother is gone? How do these effects carry into Lisa's later life as an adult?

Essay Topic 2

Pages 148-149 eventually explain why Lisa Sample is editing videos and saving old ones. Sarah Jane asks Lisa why she feels the need to do these things. How does Lisa account for this bizarre hobby? What themes can you draw from this conversation? Provide quotes and examination to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Part Four, Chapters 1-3 catapults the narrative forward to the lives of the Pratts, as they move into Lisa Sample's old farmhouse. The two children, James and Abby, find a vehicle containing Lisa's old videos. They fight over the content, titles, and reasons for the making of the videos. How do James' and Abby's opinions differ? What new discoveries can be made about the videos' content, titles, and possible reasons for why the videos were made using past information?

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