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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item breaks on the first Easter described in the book and ends up in the garage with two others just like it?
(a) A television set.
(b) A plastic rabbit statue.
(c) A kitchen chair.
(d) An inflatable pool.

2. What issue do Rory and Kayleigh seem to be fighting about when they visit for Easter?
(a) How long they will be in England.
(b) The cost of the trip back to England.
(c) Whether Kayleigh is rude to Rory's family.
(d) Whether they will get married.

3. What does Colin tell Rory about Kayleigh when father and son are at the pub together?
(a) Kayleigh is a drama queen.
(b) Kayleigh has no clear goals in life.
(c) Kayleigh is manipulative and dishonest.
(d) Kayleigh will never accept Lorelei.

4. What seems to be the main reason that Lorelei favors Rhys?
(a) He is the only one who looks like her.
(b) He was small and sickly when he was born.
(c) He is also a collector of discarded objects.
(d) He is the youngest child.

5. What does Lorelei's attitude toward the birth of Meg's second child seem to be?
(a) She is too angry at Meg to care what happens to her.
(b) She is vaguely pleased but not very interested.
(c) She is anxious about Meg's and the baby's health.
(d) She is curious to the point of being nosy and rude.

6. Which item that Lorelei collected as a child seems to disturb Meg the most?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Clothing tags.
(c) Cigarette foil.
(d) Hair.

7. When Meg asks Vicky to watch Molly and Alfie while she has a quick nap, what is Vicky's real reaction?
(a) She wonders if Meg is really just using the children to spy on her and Lorelei.
(b) She is angry that watching the children will interfere with her plans for the day.
(c) She thinks that Bill or Colin should take responsibility and watch the children.
(d) She is flattered that Meg trusts her enough to ask her to watch them.

8. What book does Beth read while she is at Meg's London flat?
(a) Confessions of a Shopaholic.
(b) Bridget Jones's Diary.
(c) I Don't Know How She Does It.
(d) The Nanny Diaries.

9. What job does Beth go to school to learn to do?
(a) Hair stylist.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Nursery school teacher.
(d) Nurse's aid.

10. What does Lorelei tell Jim that she says she has never told anyone else?
(a) She was not allowed to attend her father's funeral.
(b) She regrets ever having had children.
(c) She thinks she knows why Rhys killed himself.
(d) She was never actually in love with Colin.

11. What does Kayleigh accuse Vicky of?
(a) Ignoring her daughters' needs.
(b) Pretending to be a lesbian.
(c) Enabling Lorelei's unhealthy behavior.
(d) Stealing from Lorelei.

12. Who is the first person that Beth suspects knows about her affair with Bill?
(a) Vicky.
(b) Lorelei.
(c) Kayleigh.
(d) Meg.

13. When Vicky is watching Molly, what criticism of Meg does Molly voice?
(a) Meg keeps their home too clean.
(b) Meg yells at Molly too much.
(c) Meg throws everything away.
(d) Meg is not nice to Bill.

14. How does Vicky accidentally upset Lorelei when she is trying to find a way to get Kayleigh to stop saying crude things in front of the children?
(a) She asks Kayleigh to help her in the kitchen.
(b) She sends all of the children over to Colin's.
(c) She suggests that it is time for the egg hunt.
(d) She sends Rory and Kayleigh on an errand.

15. When Meg is pregnant with Molly and calls her family on Easter, what is she most angry about?
(a) Vicky and her children are invited.
(b) Her father is missing Easter.
(c) No one plans to visit Rhys's grave.
(d) No one knows where Rory is.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Easter lunch in 1986, what does Meg get upset about her mother having so many of?

2. When Rory and Kayleigh come to Easter, where do they stay while they are in England?

3. Where are Meg and Beth when Meg asks Beth to come and live with her in London?

4. When Meg comes home for Easter the year she moves out, what is she especially angry to find that Lorelei has stored in her room?

5. How old is Maddy when Lorelei first stages an Easter egg hunt for her?

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