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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 many children were in Crispin's family growing up?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

2. What does Edward tell Shay about that he says disproves her claim that he is less likely to get in a plane crash again?
(a) The hot hand.
(b) The availability heuristic.
(c) The gambler's fallacy.
(d) The law of thirds.

3. What does Besa ask Edward that deeply embarrasses him in Part IV?
(a) Whether he is having sex with Shay.
(b) Whether he loves Lacey.
(c) Whether he loves Shay.
(d) Whether he needs money.

4. What does Lacey wear to her job interview in Part III?
(a) One of Jane's favorite necklaces.
(b) One of Jane's favorite pins.
(c) One of Jane's favorite blouses.
(d) One of Jane's favorite pairs of earrings.

5. What happens around the one-year anniversary of the flight crash?
(a) There is a memorial statue and ceremony at the crash site.
(b) There is a new lawsuit from victim's families against the airline.
(c) There is new information about the role of weather in the crash.
(d) There is a candlelight vigil in both New York and Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lacey get wrong about Edward's birthday cake?

2. What part of the plane freezes and begins the sequence of problems that lead to the crash?

3. What does Mark tell Veronica after they have sex that he immediately regrets?

4. What do Jordan's clothes eventually begin to smell like in Part III?

5. What book does Shay start to read out loud for her and Edward in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the first person to directly approach Edward about what happened on the plane, and how does Edward react?

2. In Part IV, what starts to happen on the airplane just around the time Crispin Cox is pronounced dead?

3. In Part IV, why does Edward decide to start to change his eating habits?

4. What does Edward confess to Shay that he thinks the duffel bags of letters he finds in his uncle's garage could be?

5. What does Jordan tell Bruce in Part III about his diet that upsets Bruce?

6. Why is Edward so upset about having to participate in gym class in Part III?

7. What is one of the reasons Edward does not want to to go the unveiling ceremony of the crash memorial?

8. In Part III, what are Edward's feelings on New Year's Day?

9. What does Edward do instead of partaking in gym class in Part III, and why?

10. What do Shay and Edward realize many of the letters in the garage ask of Edward?

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