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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. Watching which two characters talk and laugh together in Chapter 29 causes Rachel to mourn for her lost friendship with an adult Janie?
(a) John-Paul and Virginia.
(b) Tess and Lucy.
(c) Lauren and Jacob.
(d) Cecilia and Virginia.

2. Who intrudes on Connor and Tess's first date, causing Connor to lead Tess out of the building?
(a) A former girlfriend.
(b) A former professor.
(c) An ex-wife.
(d) A former student.

3. Janie's final thought consists of which two words?
(a) "Please no."
(b) "Oh shit."
(c) "Help mom."
(d) "Oh no."

4. Rachel remembers seeing Connor's mother a few times in what location?
(a) At school.
(b) At the grocery store.
(c) At church.
(d) At the bank.

5. To whom does Principal Trudy give an Easter basket as a gift?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Connor.
(d) Cecilia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Jacob demand from his mother Lauren at the park in Chapter 46?

2. About what topic was the final argument between Tess and Will, according to her recollection?

3. Chapter 35 focuses on which character's thoughts as she is about to meet up with John-Paul?

4. When Janie ruminates about talking to John-Paul in Chapter 35, how does she plan to make her voice sound?

5. At the time of the narrative's events, how many years have passed since Janie's murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moriarty go about using Melbourne and Syndey as foil settings within the narrative?

2. What advice does Lucy give to Tess about the situation with Connor, Will, and Felicity?

3. How does Cecilia find out that her mother-in-law Virginia knows of John-Paul's culpability in Janie's death?

4. What errand does Tess run for Cecilia that puts Tess back into contact with Connor?

5. What two aspects of motherhood had caught Tess by surprise upon having Liam?

6. In what way does Rachel react to Principal Trudy's faux pas in Chapter 41 and why is it significant?

7. What does Connor say about the nature of his relationship with Janie?

8. How does the reader find out the circumstances of Lucy and Andrew's divorce?

9. In what way does the motif of dreams appear within the narrative?

10. How does the theme of delusion enter the narrative in relation to Rachel's character?

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