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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Audrey doing during the lecture that bores Isobel?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Eating a bag of peanuts.
(c) Taking copious notes.
(d) Writing a poem.

2. Who is Malcolm Lovat?
(a) Gordon's brother-in-law.
(b) The groom.
(c) Charles' best friend.
(d) The man with whom Isobel is in love.

3. Why does Vinny criticize Isobel?
(a) For being a sloppy dresser.
(b) For not doing her hair better.
(c) For criticizing Vinny's shoes.
(d) For searching Vinny's belongings.

4. What lecture is boring Isobel in class?
(a) On photosynthesis.
(b) On logarithms.
(c) On the Civil War.
(d) On mitosis.

5. What does the flashback in this section concern?
(a) To when Vinny gets married.
(b) When Eliza is pregnant.
(c) When Charlotte opens her grocery.
(d) When Charles and Isobel are lost in the woods.

6. What does Isobel end up asking Audrey?
(a) If her father beats her.
(b) If Audrey wants to go get ice cream.
(c) If there is anything Audrey wants to tell Isobel.
(d) If her father beats her mother.

7. What does Mr. Baxter retire?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He has injuried a young boy.
(c) He does not retire.
(d) He is at the retirement age.

8. Who claims to be the mother of the baby?
(a) Vinny.
(b) Debbie.
(c) Eunice.
(d) Isobel.

9. What do Charles and Isobel find when they go into the woods to look for their parents?
(a) No one.
(b) Their mother who is either dead or unconscious.
(c) A puppy.
(d) Their aunt who is very ill.

10. What does Vinny want Isobel to get her?
(a) A recommendation for a job.
(b) A recipe from a neighbor.
(c) A better pair of shoes.
(d) Some money.

11. What do Charles and Isobel watch during the night?
(a) Their mother come in the front door.
(b) Their father slap Charlotte.
(c) Their father slap Vinny.
(d) Their father drive away.

12. For what do the Baxters make excuses?
(a) Their daughter not coming with them.
(b) Not eating the undercooked meat.
(c) Not bringing the wine they said they were going to bring.
(d) Their son not coming with them.

13. What does Isobel notice about Aubrey one day?
(a) She has a bad cough.
(b) She has changed the color of her lipstick.
(c) She seems to be gaining weight.
(d) She has grown a couple inches.

14. What is the table covered in one morning when Isobel goes downstairs?
(a) Lottery tickets.
(b) Receipts.
(c) Maps.
(d) Raw meat.

15. How do the neighbors respond to the presence of the baby?
(a) They are not at all suspicious.
(b) One neighbor has started a private investigation into the matter.
(c) They are thinking of calling social services.
(d) They do not know of the baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Malcolm and Isobel visit?

2. What does Vinny do with anything Mr. Rice leaves at the house?

3. What birthday is Isobel celebrating when this section opens?

4. What does Isobel see when she experiences a time warp in this section?

5. What does Eliza do when she goes into labor with Isobel?

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