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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 1966, what did school lunches cost?
2. In Chapter 3, whose face has Marilyn always wanted to be the face she saw before she died?
3. When did James' parents move to Iowa?
4. What year did Marilyn go to college?
5. In Chapter 4, who did Marilyn ask if he needed a research assistant?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was it like at the lake when the whole family went?
2. Who was Tom Lawson, and what did Marilyn ask him at one of James' college Christmas parties?
3. In Chapter 1, when does Marilyn call and tell her husband that Lydia is missing?
4. What did Nath become obsessed with while his mother was gone?
5. In Chapter 3, what did Marilyn imagine it would be like when she died?
6. How was James able to attend a private school for twelve years?
7. What did everyone try to do after Marilyn returned the summer she disappeared, and how did the disappearance affect the family?
8. How does Hannah feel about Lydia leaving and how might she have felt if she knew about her mother's disappearance?
9. In what ways do Marilyn and Lydia look alike?
10. What do the police say and do when they come to the Lee's home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Marilyn's mother died in 1966. How did Marilyn's mother's death affect her and why did it cause Marilyn to examine her own life?
Essay Topic 2
Lydia became the center of the Lee family. In what ways did the Lee family revolve around Lydia and how did she feel about being the center of the family?
Essay Topic 3
Hannah was nearly invisible in her family. Why was Hannah so unnoticed in her family and why was it her role to creep around in the corners and shadows?
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