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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 him and Beth.
(b) Vicky's final gifts to Lorelei and Colin.
(c) Lorelei's final Easter gifts to Meg and Molly.
(d) Lorelei's final Easter gifts to Maddy and Sophie.

2. Whom does Rory have the easiest time relating to on his first day back with his family?
(a) Meg.
(b) Beth.
(c) Molly.
(d) Colin.

3. What is the first symptom of illness that Lorelei reveals to Jim?
(a) A sharp pain in her lungs.
(b) A persistent deep cough.
(c) A prolonged bout of diarrhea.
(d) A high fever and chills.

4. Why is Rory unable to travel around with Colin when Colin comes to Thailand?
(a) The police are looking for Rory.
(b) Rory does not have enough money.
(c) Owen will not give him time off of work.
(d) Rory has lost his passport.

5. When Colin confesses to Rory that he has given up on helping Lorelei, how does Rory react?
(a) He tells Colin not to worry about it.
(b) He asks whether it is possible to commit her to a mental health facility.
(c) He suggests that Meg is better equipped to handle Lorelei.
(d) He reminds Colin that Lorelei is Colin's responsibility, too.

6. What is Meg's reaction to Lorelei's eulogy for Vicky?
(a) She is pleased at how well her mother did.
(b) She is angry that Lorelei made the eulogy all about herself.
(c) She is worried by the obvious decline in Lorelei's mental acuity.
(d) She is embarrassed that people now know about Lorelei's and Vicky's romantic relationship.

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. Which is the best description of Meg's tone when Colin calls in Chapter 8 to say he is at the airport?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Bewildered.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Frosty.

9. What color does Vicky request everyone wear at her funeral?
(a) Purple.
(b) Pink.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

10. What gift did Bill give Meg when he was trying to get her to let him come home after she kicked him out?
(a) A Fabergé egg.
(b) A necklace with a gold bird charm.
(c) A first-edition copy of Audubon's Birds of America.
(d) A Limoges dove figurine.

11. In her February 15th email, what does Lorelei reveal about her plan to come visit Jim?
(a) She will practice first by spending the night nearby, at Maddy's place.
(b) She will practice driving around her village first, as she has not driven her car in years.
(c) She will clear some space at Bird House so that he can come to her place instead.
(d) She thinks that her ill health will make it impossible for her to ever leave home again.

12. When Meg leaves the pub to find and confront Beth, with whom does she leave her youngest child?
(a) Kayleigh.
(b) Tia.
(c) Molly.
(d) Colin.

13. What are the descriptions of Bird House in the Epilogue meant to convey?
(a) Beth has more energy for fixing up the house than Rory does.
(b) Beth and Rory have made it a warm and welcoming home.
(c) The shadow of the past is still palpable in Bird House.
(d) No one has any interest in preserving Lorelei's memory.

14. What threat does Meg make when she sees Lorelei in April of 2004?
(a) To burn Bird House to the ground.
(b) To report her mother to the council.
(c) To have Lorelei institutionalized.
(d) To get a dumpster and completely clear out the house.

15. What is the name of the man Beth is seeing in 2005?
(a) Simon.
(b) Ben.
(c) Jason.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Meg realizes that they will need more help with clearing out Bird House, what suggestion of Colin's does she reject?

2. Besides Vicky's funeral, what does Kayleigh say brought her back to England?

3. What is the "orange Aga" that Meg sees has been covered over with Lorelei's hoarded possessions?

4. To what fictional character does Colin unfavorably compare Owen?

5. Where is Meg during Vicky's final Easter?

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