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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. How soon after Laura gets home from grocery shopping do the police bang on her front door?
(a) A minute.
(b) 2 minutes.
(c) 30 seconds.
(d) 45 seconds.

2. When does Nicholas, the owner of Books on a Boat, see a therapist?
(a) Tuesdays.
(b) Fridays.
(c) Thursdays.
(d) Wednesdays.

3. How old was Ben when he died?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. How old was Laura when she was in the accident that gave her her limp and brain damage?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

5. Who is Deidre?
(a) Laura's neighbor.
(b) Laura's best friend.
(c) Laura's colleague.
(d) Laura's father's girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Daniel have knife wounds?

2. In Chapter 1, why is Laura's father not able to come over?

3. Who is the first person Laura tries to call in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 1, what is Laura wearing?

5. Where did Laura grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened the day Angela's body was found?

2. In Chapter 1, what is Laura struggling with?

3. How does Laura remember her father and Deidre reacting after she snuck out of the house when she was 13 and went to a party?

4. What does Carla tell the police about her nephew and his family?

5. What does Miriam do every second Sunday?

6. What does Miriam believe that Theo Myerson did to her?

7. Why does Laura struggle to match her outward behavior to her emotional state?

8. What does Laura remember about being with Daniel?

9. When the police ask Laura about her relationship with Daniel, what does she say?

10. What does Miriam have in the wooden box where she keeps her trinkets?

(see the answer keys)

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