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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. When Dana has caught Licia in several lies, Dana asks Licia if she is ___________________.
(a) A murderer.
(b) An imposter.
(c) A fugitive.
(d) A fraud.

2. Where are Jo and her husband as the novel begins?
(a) A rowboat on a lake.
(b) A church.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A museum.

3. What does Jo determine about Eli's attachment to his dog?
(a) He genuinely cares for him.
(b) He would be glad not to have to take care of the dog.
(c) He is not very attached to the dog.
(d) He is strongly attached to the dog.

4. How did Licia let her husband and mother know that she was okay?
(a) She sent e-mails.
(b) She sent instant messages.
(c) She telephoned them.
(d) She sent postcards.

5. Who arrives at Jo's home in the evening?
(a) Her in-laws.
(b) Her book group members.
(c) Trick-or-Treaters.
(d) Her twin daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jo realize as the source of her vivid memories lately?

2. How much time passes between Jo and Daniel seeing each other at the airport and when they speak again?

3. Jo recalls that Eli Mayhew was the only person in the house who studied _________________.

4. Dana is a part-time _____________ student.

5. How many children are in Dana's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Jo's secretive life in Cambridge in 1968.

2. How does the author use foreshadowing in the situation regarding the euthanasia of Eli's dog?

3. What is the premise of WHILE I WAS GONE?

4. What is the first theory the police have regarding Dana's murder?

5. How well does Licia adapt to living in the group house?

6. What does Jo say might account for her feeling off during dinner with Daniel?

7. How is Jo impatient with Daniel's needs when she wants to talk, and how does she try to mend things on Sunday morning?

8. What do the police learn about each of the housemates that makes the police suspicious of them?

9. How do Dana's sisters act when they come to the house to pick up Dana's belongings?

10. What are Jo's feelings about seeing Eli again?

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