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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. What is Jack wearing when Nath and Hannah see him walk past the lake in Chapter 5?

2. Where did Marilyn go to college?

3. What color robe was Nate supposed to have worn to his high school graduation?

4. In Chapter 6, when Nath sneaked outside, what did Jack offer him?

5. In Chapter 1, what time did Hannah remember a door closing in the night and a figure crossing the lawn?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was James able to attend a private school for twelve years?

2. What did James realize after Marilyn disappeared?

3. What do the police say and do when they come to the Lee's home?

4. Why don't Nath's classmates see him again after the funeral?

5. Why did Marilyn's mother talk to her about her behavior in home economics class?

6. Who was Tom Lawson, and what did Marilyn ask him at one of James' college Christmas parties?

7. What did everyone try to do after Marilyn returned the summer she disappeared, and how did the disappearance affect the family?

8. How would Lydia and Nath fall asleep each evening while their mother was gone?

9. In Chapter 1, what does Marilyn remember Lydia doing when she was eleven months old?

10. In what ways do Marilyn and Lydia look alike?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Members of the Lee family reacted differently to Lydia's disappearance. How did each member of the family react and what did that reveal about each family member?

Essay Topic 2

Lydia purposefully pursued Jack. Why did Lydia pursue Jack and how did he help her cope with some of the issues she was facing?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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