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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. When Beth calls while Meg and Bill are in Greece, what reason does she give for calling Bill's phone?
(a) She had to replace her own cellphone and could not find Meg's phone number.
(b) Bill told her to call his phone because he gets better international rates.
(c) She knew that Meg would have her hands full with the children and just wanted to be sure they had arrived safely.
(d) She is calling to ask Bill a question related to his work.

2. What does Lorelei make too many of for every Easter lunch?
(a) Rolls.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Cakes.

3. On page 71, what phrase is Lorelei revealed to have had inscribed on Rhys's grave marker?
(a) "Mummy's Angel."
(b) "Beloved Baby Boy."
(c) "Safely Home in Heaven."
(d) "Sweet Sixteen Forever."

4. What does Molly want to do for a living when she grows up?
(a) Work in television.
(b) Practice psychiatry.
(c) Design houses.
(d) Own a restaurant.

5. What request does Maddy make that surprises and deeply hurts Vicky?
(a) She wants Vicky to end her relationship with Lorelei.
(b) She asks Vicky to prove that she loves her.
(c) She asks Vicky to pretend not to know her when she is with her friends.
(d) She wants to move in with her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides her weight loss, what physical clue to Lorelei's ill health does Meg notice during Easter of 1999?

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

3. What is Meg's husband's name?

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. When Rhys is talking to his new friend in Spain, what is his attitude toward his mother's current romantic relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the robbery at Bird House end Colin's dream of going to Greece?

2. What is ironic about Lorelei's characterization of Meg's "frantic reproduction" (1)?

3. During their vacation to Greece, what details demonstrate that Bill is not as involved with the family as Meg is?

4. What surprises Beth about Molly's existence, and what does it make her realize about herself?

5. Describe Bill and Beth's relationship as it stands in April of 1999.

6. What sign of growth does Lorelei show in her New Years email to Jim?

7. What is Alfie's full name, and what is its significance?

8. Even though she is disgusted by her own behavior, why does Beth think she cannot give up her affair with Bill?

9. Why is it so meaningful to Meg when Molly takes her hand before they first enter Bird House together after Lorelei's death?

10. Based on Lorelei's emails, what seems to be true about her own childhood and its impact on the way she parents her own children?

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