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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interrupted Lorelei's plan to talk to Rhys on Easter about what had happened the night before?
(a) Vicky's arrival with the wine.
(b) The Easter egg hunt.
(c) A family game of Trivial Pursuit.
(d) Meg's arrival home from London.

2. What is it reasonable to infer that Rory has found when he finds the two pink-wrapped packages in Lorelei's room?
(a) Vicky's final gifts to Lorelei and Colin.
(b) Lorelei's final Easter gifts to Maddy and Sophie.
(c) Vicky's final gifts to him and Beth.
(d) Lorelei's final Easter gifts to Meg and Molly.

3. When Rory first arrives back in England, whom has he decided to blame for what happened to Rhys?
(a) Colin.
(b) Meg.
(c) Lorelei.
(d) Himself.

4. When Rory gets the email from Colin in 2005, how does he react?
(a) He prints the photo of Tia and then folds it up and puts it in his wallet.
(b) He deletes the email without reading it and blocks his father's email address.
(c) He sends Kayleigh an angry email accusing her of using his father.
(d) He tells himself that he does not really care much about his family anymore.

5. Who texts Meg while she is at dinner with Molly and Colin in the village?
(a) Rory.
(b) Beth.
(c) Bill.
(d) Kayleigh.

6. In her Chapter 8 email to Jim, what does Lorelei compare herself to?
(a) Lark.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Magpie.
(d) Pack rat.

7. In Lorelei's Chapter 9 email to Jim, what new information does she reveal?
(a) Her estrangement from her children.
(b) The sex of her now-deceased partner.
(c) Her hoarding disorder.
(d) The reasons for Rhys's suicide.

8. As Lorelei grows sicker, whom does she find herself thinking about more and more?
(a) Rhys.
(b) Vicky.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Colin.

9. What is the "orange Aga" that Meg sees has been covered over with Lorelei's hoarded possessions?
(a) A table.
(b) A dishwasher.
(c) A refrigerator.
(d) A stove.

10. What is Beth unpleasantly surprised by at Meg's house in September of 2006?
(a) Meg's attitude about Lorelei.
(b) Bill working from home.
(c) Meg's children's manners.
(d) The untidy state of Meg's house.

11. Where does Colin decide to stay while he is in England helping Meg clear out Bird House?
(a) Bird House.
(b) Vicky's former home.
(c) Meg's hotel.
(d) His brother's house.

12. At the end of her Chapter 12 email to Jim, what news does Lorelei share?
(a) Rory has been released from prison.
(b) Colin has agreed to send her some money.
(c) She has managed to donate a few books.
(d) Beth is pregnant.

13. After Rory is arrested, what does he decide is probably true?
(a) The British embassy will intervene and he will be sent back to England.
(b) He deserves to be punished for what he did to Kayleigh and Tia.
(c) Owen will find a way to get him released.
(d) He will be accused of more crimes and probably die in a Thai prison.

14. When Meg realizes that they will need more help with clearing out Bird House, what suggestion of Colin's does she reject?
(a) Asking Maddy and Sophie to help.
(b) Getting rid of everything without sorting through it.
(c) Letting Beth come help them.
(d) Asking for help from the council.

15. After the first day of clearing out Bird House, what kind gesture does Meg make toward Colin?
(a) She invites him to come back to the hotel to take a shower and have dinner.
(b) She invites Tia to come and stay with her and Molly in London.
(c) She offers to pay for his return ticket to Spain.
(d) She tells him that he can keep anything he wants to from Bird House.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Colin confesses to Rory that he has given up on helping Lorelei, how does Rory react?

2. When they all go to the funeral home to see Lorelei, what does Colin say Lorelei looks like?

3. Why does Lorelei say Rhys was her favorite child?

4. When Meg leaves the pub to find and confront Beth, with whom does she leave her youngest child?

5. Why does Beth come home to England in September of 2006?

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