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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 is Megan's former job?
(a) She was a hedge-fund investor.
(b) She was an art gallery manager.
(c) She was a high school teacher.
(d) She was a jewelry salesperson.

2. Where does Tom tell Rachel to go when he calls her on the evening of July 11, 2013?
(a) To the cafe.
(b) To church.
(c) To her mother's house.
(d) To an AA meeting.

3. For how long have Cathy and Damien seeing one another, according to the narrative of July 21, 2013?
(a) Almost six months.
(b) Almost two years.
(c) Just over three years.
(d) Almost one year.

4. How old is Megan when she goes missing?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 25.
(d) 36.

5. Rachel notes on July 23, 2013 that Ted Bundy looked like whom?
(a) Hugh Hefner.
(b) James Dean.
(c) Cary Grant.
(d) Jim Morrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Rachel's former best friend that she yelled at after her marriage dissolved, according to the narrative on July 21, 2013?

2. Who took Rachel to the side and told her she needed to go home because she was drunk in her memory from July 24, 2013?

3. Where does Dr. Abdic say he is from when Megan asks him on September 20, 2012?

4. Megan's body was discovered how far from her house, according to the news on August 1, 2013?

5. How long is the journey on the 8:04 slow train supposed to take?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rachel explain she knew Megan when she writes him on July 20, 2013? Why?

2. How does Rachel respond to seeing Jess kiss a man who is not her husband? Why?

3. What does Rachel discover she has written to Tom in an email the prior night on July 20, 2013?

4. On what date does Rachel's narrative begin in the opening of the novel? What is Rachel looking at outside of the train window?

5. What profession does Rachel suspect Jason has in the beginning of the novel? Why?

6. Whose picture does Rachel point out when she interviews with Detective Inspector Gaskill on July 19, 2013? Why?

7. How does Rachel describe her appearance in the beginning of the novel?

8. What does Scott remark about Megan's therapy sessions on March 8, 2013?

9. How does Rachel describe the incident with Anna and her baby in the narrative from July 20, 2013?

10. How did Rachel come to live with Cathy? What is their relationship like?

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