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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 Eli ask Jo at the party?
(a) If she would go to Boston with him for a convention.
(b) If she would like to talk about Dana some day.
(c) If she would have lunch with him next week.
(d) If she would help him find a farmhouse like hers.

2. Why is Jo annoyed to learn that her daughter had arrived during the night?
(a) She never gives any advance notice.
(b) She always makes a mess in the guest room.
(c) She will have laundry that needs to be done.
(d) She probably needs money again.

3. What do Jo and Eli initially discuss when they meet?
(a) Eli's new car.
(b) The upcoming holiday season.
(c) Their respective marriages.
(d) The political election.

4. Daniel thinks that Jo's behavior is usually _________________.
(a) Forceful.
(b) Sneaky.
(c) Respectful.
(d) Impulsive.

5. What is the demeanor of the detective Jo meets with to tell about Eli's confession?
(a) Skeptical.
(b) Interested.
(c) Angry.
(d) Amused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daniel ask Jo to admit?

2. What is the police's stance on investigating Eli?

3. Jo's daughter has been offered a job as a ________________.

4. Jo's daughters feel that she is ________________ which hurts Jo's feelings.

5. What has cast doubt on Jo's credibility?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Jo and Eli meet, and what do each of them say about their respective marriages?

2. What annoys Jo about Cass' visit?

3. Why does Daniel not seem to like Eli?

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

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

6. Why is Daniel both relieved and upset when Jo updates him on the police's unwillingness to investigate Eli?

7. What type of party does Jo want to have, and whom does she make a special point to call and invite?

8. What are Jo's reactions after she leaves the police station?

9. How does Jo's reporting Eli's murder impact Sadie's life in a way Jo never considered?

10. Describe the setting in which Eli killed Dana.

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