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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 long had Lily been out of college at the time she was scarred?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. What month was it when Lily was scarred?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) April.
(d) June.

3. How much bigger was the yard at narrator's childhood home than the yard of the home where she lives now?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 6 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 4 times.

4. How old is Marie Hofstettler?
(a) 72.
(b) 94.
(c) 81.
(d) 85.

5. What time does Claude tell Lily that a woman called about the body in the park?
(a) 1:30 a.m.
(b) 2:00 a.m.
(c) 3:30 a.m.
(d) 2:30 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What size home did Alvah have before moving to an apartment?

2. Where did Lily work when she was scarred?

3. What flowers grow on the trellises on the narrator's porch?

4. What is the name of Lily's Tuesday evening client?

5. In whose window can the narrator see a light when she steps outside to go for a walk in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Pardon Albee pick up Marie Hofstettler's rent check every month?

2. Who does Lily see during her walk in Chapter 1?

3. How did Marshall know that Lily had scars on her torso?

4. Who does Lily call about the body in the park?

5. Describe Lily's backyard.

6. Why does Lily think something is wrong when she arrives at the Yorks' apartment?

7. What typical sibling rivalry did Lily and her sister have when they were growing up together?

8. Why has housecleaning turned out to be an intimate occupation for Lily?

9. Describe Claude Friedrich.

10. Why does Lily believe that the Shakespeare Garden Apartments are misnamed?

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