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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Mr. Lisbon over Christmas vacation?
(a) He learns to ski.
(b) He leaves his job.
(c) He has a heart attack.
(d) He buys a new car.

2. Where do the boys find Trip, years later, to interview him?
(a) In Europe.
(b) In rehab.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) Working a construction job.

3. What do Trip and Lux do under the bleachers?
(a) Make love.
(b) Dance.
(c) Drink peach schnapps.
(d) Smoke cigarettes.

4. What do the boys find in the basement?
(a) Bonnie's body.
(b) The girls' trunk, opened.
(c) Lux's diary.
(d) Mary's body.

5. In what condition is the Lisbons' basement?
(a) Filled with boxes, old toys, bicycles, etc.
(b) Completely redecorated.
(c) Immaculately clean.
(d) Exactly as it was the night of the party.

6. What do the boys clean off the Lisbons' house?
(a) Old paint.
(b) Mold.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Dead fish flies.

7. What does Bonnie do outside the house each night?
(a) Tends a small flower garden.
(b) Says a rosary for Cecilia.
(c) Takes a walk.
(d) Has a chat with Uncle Tucker.

8. What is Old Mrs. Karafilis' weekly ritual?
(a) She takes a drive through the countryside.
(b) She makes a trip to the hairdresser.
(c) She gets a manicure.
(d) She takes an Epsom salt bath.

9. Whose idea is the "Day of Grieving"?
(a) Mr. Lisbon's.
(b) Miss Arndt's.
(c) Mrs. Woodhouse's.
(d) Mr. Woodhouse's.

10. Which girl keeps watch for the boys?
(a) Mary.
(b) Lux.
(c) Therese.
(d) Bonnie.

11. Where does Trip finally make contact with Lux?
(a) At lunchtime.
(b) In the parking lot.
(c) At Assembly.
(d) During math class.

12. What class does Lux Lisbon often skip with Julie Winthrop?
(a) Math.
(b) Art.
(c) English.
(d) Gym.

13. Whose car do the boys take to the dance?
(a) Parkie Denton's.
(b) Kevin Head's.
(c) Joe Hill Conley's.
(d) Trip Fontaine's.

14. What does Trip ask Mr. Lisbon during fourth period?
(a) For help with his science homework.
(b) For permission to marry Lux.
(c) For permission to take Lux to Homecoming.
(d) For a college recommendation.

15. How does Old Mrs. Karafilis travel up and down stairs?
(a) She walks on her own.
(b) She uses a walker.
(c) She gets carried.
(d) Using a rope tied around her waist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Lux Lisbon's body found?

2. What does Mr. Lisbon use paint cans for in Chapter 4?

3. What song's lyrics are published in the newspaper as a possible cause of the Lisbon girls' suicides?

4. Who fetches the Lisbons' mail?

5. What is Lux's real reason for going to the hospital?

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