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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. Eli's sad look in her office reminds Jo of ____________________.
(a) A sad picture she saw in a magazine.
(b) A boy she used to date in high school.
(c) When she said goodbye to him after Dana died.
(d) A cartoon character.

2. What does Jo say will be necessary to keep the dog alive?
(a) More dedicated time and care.
(b) Strong antibiotics.
(c) Nothing can save the dog.
(d) Emergency surgery.

3. With which house member does Licia share a resemblance?
(a) Debbie.
(b) Diane.
(c) Doris.
(d) Dana.

4. 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) Quit school.
(d) Enrolled in college full-time.

5. Jo adopted the name Felicia Stead and told people she was called ________________.
(a) Licia.
(b) Steady.
(c) Feldman.
(d) Fe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jo and Daniel meet for dinner in which city?

2. Which of the housemates did Licia find murdered?

3. What is the demeanor of Dana's sisters when they come to the house to get Dana's belongings?

4. Who is Jo's youngest daughter?

5. Who was Jo's first husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What choice does Eli make for his dog and for himself in Jo's office?

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

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

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

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

6. Why is marrying Daniel quite opposite from the life she had been living in the group house?

7. What does Dana think Licia might be when she catches Licia in lies?

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

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

10. Who is Jean Bennett and in what circumstances does Jo meet her?

(see the answer keys)

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