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

2. What seems to alarm Meg most about Lorelei's appearance at Vicky's funeral?
(a) Her strange outfit.
(b) Her missing teeth.
(c) Her weight loss.
(d) Her hair loss.

3. 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 reminds Colin that Lorelei is Colin's responsibility, too.
(c) He suggests that Meg is better equipped to handle Lorelei.
(d) He asks whether it is possible to commit her to a mental health facility.

4. When Meg sees Colin in Chapter 9, to what does she attribute her weight loss?
(a) Anger about her mother's hoarding disorder.
(b) Grief over her mother's death.
(c) Several years without a pregnancy.
(d) The events at Vicky's funeral.

5. When Lorelei thinks that Jim has abandoned her toward the end of March, what does she not know about Jim's situation?
(a) He is in the middle of driving to see her.
(b) His ex-wife has reappeared in his life.
(c) He is serving a short jail sentence.
(d) He is on a drinking binge.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Lorelei's Chapter 9 email to Jim, what new information does she reveal?

2. In Chapter 9, what causes Beth to think she might need some medical attention?

3. What does Lorelei think Meg should do with her money instead of spending it on a ski vacation?

4. What threat does Meg make when she sees Lorelei in April of 2004?

5. What is the first symptom of illness that Lorelei reveals to Jim?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Colin first meets Owen, how does Rory perceive the encounter, and what does this demonstrate about Rory?

2. In Chapter 9, what Easter gift does Beth's boyfriend give her, and why does she feel the way she does about this gift?

3. How does dramatic irony create a bittersweet mood when Lorelei announces her success in staying at Maddy's house?

4. In her February 5th email to Jim, what ideas about the generational perpetuation of trauma does Lorelei express?

5. What obstacle prevents Lorelei and Jim from spending time together in person, and how does Jim propose they deal with this issue?

6. What point does Lorelei make about Valentine's Day in her email to Jim?

7. When Rory arrives at Bird House in Chapter 14, how do his feelings about Lorelei and the house contrast with his memories of his childhood feelings?

8. When the first floor of the house is completely cleaned out, what does Meg realize about Lorelei and the past?

9. How does Beth describe her last couple of years in Australia to Bill when they talk on the way to pick Bill's kids up from school?

10. What is Lorelei's explanation to Jim regarding why she is always hungry?

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