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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. Why do Cathy and Helen go to the church?
(a) So Helen can get counseling.
(b) To pray together.
(c) To clean up after the meeting.
(d) To get a job for Cathy.

2. Who does Helen try to protect in her memory?
(a) Jenny.
(b) James.
(c) Cathy.
(d) Her daughter.

3. What did Billy's father do to Billy's mother?
(a) He tried to save her in a car accident.
(b) He left her.
(c) He left her for another woman.
(d) He hit her repetitively with a book end.

4. How does Helen get out of the house to see James?
(a) She can't get out. She's trapped.
(b) She climbs out a window.
(c) He comes to rescue her.
(d) She walks out.

5. What does the person to whom she reads her writing do?
(a) She walks away.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) She asks her to write more.
(d) He asks her if she needs to go to a counselor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What's unique about the diary?

2. What does Helen like about the study?

3. What does Helen announce after smelling gardenias in the room?

4. What does school food taste like to Helen?

5. What does Jenny's father want to measure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Helen feel as she reads her piece to Mr. Brown?

2. Why are Jenny's parents concerned about James?

3. Why is the food different now from what Jenny remembers?

4. What does Helen notice as she wanders through the kitchen and study?

5. What does James tell Helen when they are backstage, and how does she respond?

6. How does Helen cover for herself when she accidentally calls Jenny's father by the wrong name?

7. Why does James think he is haunting this life?

8. What happens when Helen goes to see James after her counseling session?

9. Why is Cathy upset at her daughter?

10. What happens when Helen tries to get hold of James?

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