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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miriam Brown is known as the town's most infamous __________ and she has one of her babies with her.
(a) Alcoholic.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Writer.

2. What is the name of Wallace's girlfriend who is living with him and with one of his children?
(a) Julie.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Mary.
(d) Margaret.

3. What does the family now have to wait for after the surgery, though they didn't realize it would be so long?
(a) Next chemo treatment.
(b) To see Wallace.
(c) Biopsy results.
(d) Wallace to wake up from the drug coma.

4. What does Frank Morgan do which makes him a bit of a legend in the town where Jen lives?
(a) Unindentifiable bird calls.
(b) Repeats the alphabet.
(c) Screams gibberish.
(d) Reads the Bible.

5. The doctors find a brain tumor in the _________ area of the brain, which is frustrating to Wallace as a writer.
(a) Emotional.
(b) Learning.
(c) Memory.
(d) Language.

6. Who is the person that stands outside and smokes before going in to see Wallace after the surgery?
(a) Jen.
(b) Ben.
(c) Randy.
(d) Sarah.

7. What does Jen learn about a week before Eric says that he will be leaving her?
(a) She's getting evicted.
(b) He's been sleeping around.
(c) Her father's tumor.
(d) She's pregnant.

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

9. Megan does not like _________ because when this person comes around, it means that she cannot sleep at Jen's place.
(a) Randy.
(b) Ben.
(c) Kathleen.
(d) Eric.

10. While there are times when Jen enjoys the shows that the Burn Outs provide for the town, most of the time they make her _____________.
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Bored.
(d) Jealous.

11. Who does Jen call when she is upset about the tumor and this person comes immediately over to see her?
(a) Randy.
(b) Kathleen.
(c) Megan.
(d) Ben.

12. Jen likes to be around Megan since she is not afraid of Megan __________ her, like so many other people might.
(a) Questioning.
(b) Bugging.
(c) Liking.
(d) Judging.

13. What is Wallace having trouble doing after his surgery, as a result of swelling in his brain?
(a) Writing.
(b) Talking.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Moving.

14. What was the background of the immigrants who built the castle in which Jen and her family used to live?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kathleen's ex-husband encourage her to do in order to prevent herself from gaining weight?

2. The siblings talk about how much they ________ each other and that they would have a hard time if one of them died.

3. What starts blowing up in the town where Jen lives, something that is considered to be a strange event?

4. Which of the children still lives with his father, though this changes later on in the story?

5. How does Jen call Kathleen when she realizes that she is not showing up for their meeting?

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