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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. What was powerful to the north of the lake as Gail goes for the swim at night?
(a) Winds.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Snow.
(d) Hurricane.

2. Gail tries to match her mother's mildly bored, all-knowing __________ tone as they are speaking with each other.
(a) New York.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Boston.

3. Gail was beginning to ask herself which of the men she saw was the _________ one.
(a) Evil.
(b) Horrible.
(c) Rotten.
(d) Dumb.

4. Who was the author of the poem that Mr. Bauman read in class, "Strange Fits of Passion I Have Known"?
(a) Blake.
(b) Butler-Yeats.
(c) Keats.
(d) Wordsworth.

5. What kind of flowers have been placed in the middle of the table at the Lawvers' house?
(a) Lilies.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Chrysanthemums.
(d) Roses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Gail swimming with when the scene is described in the first chapter?

2. The note that Gail finds in her locker says, that "I'll be watching you, you know you ____________."

3. What does Gail's mother want to ask if she and Steve have done together?

4. Gail notices a big ____________ of rocks that is jutting out of the earth.

5. What state is to the north of the lake according to the descriptions at the start of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gail find in her locker after she and Alison go back to their lockers?

2. What did Gail notice when she looked back at the shore after jumping in the water and swimming out to Steve?

3. What did Gail's mother ask her when she arrived back home and went into Gail's bedroom?

4. What does Gail think when she sees her father's car sitting in the gas station on her way to school?

5. What were Gail and her mother arguing about at the start of this chapter of the book?

6. What does Mrs. Montgomery do on Saturday nights that she needs to have Gail come over to babysit?

7. What does Gail find out about her father when she arrives at his office in the city?

8. How does Gail lessen the tension in the argument that she and Steve have at lunch?

9. Who decided to go for a swim in Powdermill Lake at the start of the story?

10. What happens when Steve and Gail get to the Lawver residence for the dinner party?

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