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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This New Age group likes to _________ strangers, which makes those new people uncomfortable when visiting the town.
(a) Touch.
(b) Massage.
(c) Kiss.
(d) Bathe.

2. What does Jen want to avoid when she is sitting and waiting for Kathleen to show up at their meeting place?
(a) Her thoughts.
(b) Megan.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Other bar patrons.

3. What is the one subject that Eric doesn't want to talk about and that he becomes defensive about when Jen tries?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Books.
(c) The future.
(d) Work.

4. The ______ children of the 1970s had a hard time trying to reconcile their ideals with real life, according to the book.
(a) Innocent.
(b) Flower.
(c) Little.
(d) Conservative.

5. What does Wallace decide to make out before his surgery, just in case something happens?
(a) His final novel.
(b) A video tape.
(c) His will.
(d) A mix CD.

6. What do the kids make in order to cover up their nervousness when they finally take Wallace to this hospital?
(a) Bad drinks.
(b) Large joints.
(c) Excuses not to come to the hospital.
(d) Jokes.

7. Does Jen have a boyfriend at this particular time in the book?
(a) Sort of.
(b) She has several.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

8. What does Wallace ask for when he wakes up, though Randy spills it as he is giving it to him?
(a) Juice.
(b) Water.
(c) Milk.
(d) Booze.

9. What is the holiday on which Jen is sick and tries to get Eric to come over to help her during this time?
(a) Valentine's Day.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

10. This friend of Jen's tries to reassure her with a story about her family ________, even though the story doesn't end well.
(a) Fish.
(b) Horse.
(c) Dog.
(d) Cat.

11. How old is Jen's friend Megan, the one who sometimes stays with her at the cabin?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

12. What does a friend of Jen's do for this friend's mother in order to help alleviate the pain of dying?
(a) Pulls the plug.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Gives her medical marijuana.
(d) Gives her mother LSD.

13. Kathleen is clear about her inability to make ___________ in her life, which might be a sign of a disorder as well.
(a) Decisions.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Commitments.
(d) Food.

14. Jen realizes she has no male friends in town who are over the age of ___________, aside from her brothers.
(a) 14.
(b) 19.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

15. The siblings decide to go get lunch from __________ and then to have a picnic on the floor after seeing Wallace.
(a) Home.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A fast food chain.
(d) A deli.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ points out to the character in #86 that everyone knows what he is going through, so no one is going to criticize him for his actions.

2. Jen finds her town irritating because of all of the conflicting ____________ it has, but it's the only home she has right now.

3. The nurse tells the children that Wallace isn't allowed to have so many _________ in his room.

4. What do the brothers not do with their father as they seem to think this is unmanly, even in the circumstances?

5. When Jen calls Eric to talk about her emotions around the brain tumor, he tells her that he is sick of all the _____________ drama.

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