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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 action does Connor take when Tess confesses that she is using him?
(a) He leaves.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He shakes his head.
(d) He shrugs.

2. Cecilia turns white in Chapter 26 when she thinks about which character's grief?
(a) John-Paul.
(b) Ed.
(c) Liam.
(d) Rachel.

3. While Cecilia is crying alone in Chapter 28, she hears the doorbell. Who does she think is at the door?
(a) Rachel.
(b) The police.
(c) Tess.
(d) Virginia.

4. On the night of Janie's murder, who had been at home with Connor?
(a) No one.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Ed.
(d) Lauren.

5. To which two characters does Rachel say that she will personally deliver their Tupperware orders?
(a) Felicity and Will.
(b) Tess and Lucy.
(c) Lauren and Rob.
(d) Samantha and Rachel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Tess's family members does she believe may have also had social anxiety?

2. What food does Lauren serve on the anniversary of Janie's death?

3. Who wins second place in the Easter hat contest?

4. With whom does Cecilia watch a video of the Berlin Wall being removed?

5. Who wears an Easter bunny costume all day long on the day of the Easter parade?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is the sound motif used in concert with one of the narrative's themes?

2. Whose arrival does Liam announce proudly at the end of Chapter 47 and why is the moment ironic?

3. What possible reasons does the narrator name for Tess's feelings of shame in Chapter 40?

4. Connor reminds Tess that what event had precipitated their break-up in their youth?

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

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

7. How does Lucy react to Tess's revelation that she has recently slept with Connor?

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

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

10. What action does Rob offer to take with Rachel, though he has never done so before?

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