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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 Licia called her mother on Christmas, her mother told her that she did not want to hear from Licia until Licia returned home or _____________________.
(a) Got a full-time job.
(b) Returned to her husband.
(c) Enrolled in college full-time.
(d) Quit school.

2. Why did Licia promise to style Dana's hair?
(a) Dana had been feeling low and needed to be cheered up.
(b) Dana was a bridesmaid and wanted a special look.
(c) Dana cut it herself and was unhappy with it.
(d) Dana was going to a banquet and wanted to look nice.

3. Jo recalls that Eli Mayhew was the only person in the house who studied _________________.
(a) Journalism.
(b) Art.
(c) Science.
(d) Philosophy.

4. When did Jo know that she wanted to be a veterinarian?
(a) When she was a little girl.
(b) When she had a job at a veterinary clinic.
(c) When she went to a career night at school.
(d) When her horse got sick.

5. Where does Jo's mother live?
(a) Maine.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom are the police most suspicious of regarding Dana's murder?

2. In what year did Jo leave her first marriage?

3. What concerns does Eli have regarding keeping the dog alive?

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

5. Jo's twin daughters are Nora and _________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Jo and Daniel's daughters and how are they different from each other?

2. How does Jo confuse Jean Bennett when telling her how Jo knows Jean's husband, Eli Mayhew?

3. What are the circumstances in which Jo meets Daniel?

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

5. How did Jo get her start in veterinary medicine?

6. What happens to the dynamics in the group house after Dana's death?

7. What was the nature of the relationship between Licia and Dana?

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

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

10. Which characters comprise Jo's family?

(see the answer keys)

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