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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 does Jo search for in the newspaper archives in the library?
(a) Information on Dana's murder.
(b) The Kennedy assassination.
(c) Information on Babe Ruth.
(d) The landing of a man on the moon.

2. What is the upcoming holiday in Chapter 10?
(a) Fourth of July.
(b) Easter.
(c) Hanukkah.
(d) Christmas.

3. Why is Jo having a hard time finding joy in her work?
(a) She is feeling ill.
(b) She is filled with guilt.
(c) She is mourning her mother.
(d) She is thinking about the tsunami victims.

4. What do Jo and Daniel do on Christmas Day?
(a) They attend a concert.
(b) They fix a fantastic meal.
(c) They visit relatives.
(d) They go ice skating.

5. To whom does Jo write a letter of apology in Chapter 14?
(a) Sadie.
(b) Jean.
(c) Eli.
(d) Daniel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occasion for Jo's party?

2. What does Jo not mention when talking to Sadie about Jo's history?

3. Why does Eli say he has confided in Jo?

4. Whom does Jo actually have plans to meet?

5. What does Daniel throw against a wall near Jo as she washes dishes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What assumptions does Jo make about the people in her life after the episode with Eli?

2. How has Eli rationalized his guilt over killing Dana?

3. What are Jo's thoughts as she drives to Cambridge to report Eli to the police?

4. How does Jo respond when Daniel wants to know if she planned to have an affair with Eli?

5. Are Jo's concerns for Cass' welfare particularly painful because Jo lived a similar lifestyle in her youth?

6. What annoys Jo about Cass' visit?

7. What does Jo notice about Cass' physical appearance, and why is she concerned?

8. How did Eli and Dana's relationship begin and what did Eli get Dana to agree to in a year?

9. How has Jo's secret meeting with Eli damaged her relationship with Daniel?

10. What holiday disaster had Daniel feared, and how did he avoid it?

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