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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lorelei say is the cause of her isolation from the rest of her family?
(a) The events following her partner's death.
(b) Her hoarding disorder.
(c) The family's pain over the loss of Rhys.
(d) Her desire to live in the moment.

2. When two teenagers break into Bird House and rob it, what does Lorelei compare the event to?
(a) A movie.
(b) A surgery.
(c) A circus.
(d) A rape.

3. Which is the only room in Bird House that Meg and Molly find is free of Lorelei's hoarded objects?
(a) Rhys's bedroom.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) Meg's bedroom.
(d) Lorelei's bedroom.

4. When Lorelei and Vicky tell Beth about their romantic relationship, how does Beth respond?
(a) She pretends they did not tell her.
(b) She disappears for several days.
(c) She threatens to go live with Colin.
(d) She throws up in the sink.

5. What do the last two pages of Chapter 5 imply is the reason Beth cannot give up her relationship with Bill?
(a) Sleeping with Bill is part of Beth's need to compete with Meg.
(b) She has fallen deeply in love with him.
(c) He is a temporary escape from her life at Bird House.
(d) There is something inherently self-destructive about Beth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Beth go to school to learn to do?

2. When Vicky is watching Molly, what criticism of Meg does Molly voice?

3. What is Beth's covert purpose in talking with Bill about her wardrobe and personal style?

4. Where does Beth discover Rhys when she gets back to Bird House and is getting ready to take a shower?

5. Which family member is the one to first discover Rhys's body?

(see the answer key)

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