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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 is all that Sam can think in her shock at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) A boy is dead.
(b) Ally is not safe.
(c) She is cold.
(d) She needs to get home to Matt.

2. In Chapter 10, what has Sam recently experienced that worries her?
(a) Bad headaches.
(b) Blackouts.
(c) Heart palpitations.
(d) Rage events.

3. In Chapter 15, why does Lily tell Sam she hesitated to tell her about her illness?
(a) She does not even really know if she is sick.
(b) Sam herself is sick.
(c) She does not want Sam to obsess over it or to give Lily advice.
(d) Sam is already worried about losing her job.

4. In Chapter 3, what kind of exercise does Sam start doing with a trainer?
(a) Weight lifting.
(b) Cross Fit.
(c) Yoga.
(d) HIIT.

5. In Chapter 15, what does Sam sometimes do to cope with stress in her new house?
(a) Listen to music.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Clean.
(d) Read.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does MH tell Sam that pursuing her complaint against the police will result in?

2. In Chapter 18, what does Sam see when she goes for a walk in the middle of the night?

3. In Chapter 4, what is Joe's latest project?

4. What does Sam feel she needs from the intense exertion of her exercise?

5. In Chapter 16, what does Laci ask Sam to sign for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of Ally's emerging doubts about Joe's work?

2. In Chapter 18, what does Sam witness that greatly disturbs her?

3. Who does Sam call for advice about how to handle what she sees the police do in Part III and why?

4. What does the reader learn about Matt's and Sam's history in Part III?

5. What does Sam think is a bit unseemly about the general American obsession with physical optimization and self-improvement in Part III?

6. What does Ally think about the likelihood of her father figuring out her affair?

7. Why does Sam decide not to confront Ally at the fair?

8. How does Sam fall back into the pattern of having sex with Matt again?

9. Why did Ally's family have to contend with Child Protective Services when she was 15?

10. What is the first of Sam's so-called "rage events"?

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