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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. Where is Cecilia during the majority of the party?
(a) In her bedroom.
(b) In a corner.
(c) On the couch.
(d) On a barstool.

2. Which girl has a secret stash of makeup under the bathroom sink?
(a) Mary.
(b) Lux.
(c) Cecilia.
(d) Bonnie.

3. Who, in the boys' collective memory, has died recently?
(a) A town librarian.
(b) A grandmother.
(c) A great-uncle.
(d) Family dogs.

4. Which of the Lisbon girls is the first to attempt suicide?
(a) Cecilia.
(b) Mary.
(c) Therese.
(d) Lux.

5. Which Lisbon sister used a depilatory wax?
(a) Therese.
(b) Bonnie.
(c) Mary.
(d) Lux.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these things is not found in Cecilia's room by Lucy Brock?

2. On what kind of "tour" is Mr. Lisbon taken on in Chapter 2?

3. There is one boy that the rest of the group of boys are afraid of. Who is he?

4. What does Mrs. Pitzenberger think she sees in Cecilia's hand?

5. What feature of the cemetery where Cecilia's funeral is held stands out most to the mourners?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cecilia's bedroom.

2. Who was Dominic Palazzano and what was his part in Cecilia's story?

3. Why were the boys happy that Joe came to the party?

4. What did Cecilia do on the last day of her life?

5. What major revelation do the boys have upon entering the Lisbon girls' party?

6. Describe the appearance of Cecilia's diary.

7. How did it happen that Paul Baldino found Cecilia in the bathtub?

8. What does the cemetery where Cecilia's service is held look like?

9. What happens in the Baldinos' backyard to arouse neighborhood suspicions?

10. Describe a few of the changes the boys noticed at the Lisbon house after Cecilia came home from the hospital.

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