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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. Who tells the kids that the way that Wallace looks is very normal after a surgery of this type?
(a) The nurse.
(b) No one.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Randy.

2. Jennifer's family lives in the state of ______________ in a castle that some immigrants built when they first came over to America.
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Washington.
(d) California.

3. The nurse tells the children that Wallace isn't allowed to have so many _________ in his room.
(a) Loud noises.
(b) Balloons.
(c) Visitors.
(d) Cards.

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

5. On Thursdays, Jen cleans the home of a _________________ who is actually not all that he seems, in her opinion. And he tries to cheat her each week.
(a) Trust fund radical.
(b) Hindu disciple.
(c) Republican attorney.
(d) Environmentalist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Wallace having trouble doing after his surgery, as a result of swelling in his brain?

3. Megan tells Jen about a new fertility drug which she finds to be hilarious as it's made from the ___________ of Italian nuns.

4. What is the name of Jen's best friend, as she is described to be in the story, though not necessarily by her actions?

5. The siblings decide that everyone in their family is ______________ anyway, so their psychoses don't matter.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kathleen say about the relationship between Eric and Jen, according to the story?

2. What is the living situation of Jen at the beginning of the story and how did she come upon this arrangement?

3. What does Wallace share with his child to be his hopes for the health problem he now faces?

4. Why does Wallace decide to make up a will before he goes into surgery?

5. How did Eric and Jen meet, according to the story that Jen tells in the book?

6. Why does Jen decide that she wants to clean houses for a living, at least at this point of the story?

7. What does Sarah say is completely normal when the children walk into the hospital room?

8. Why does Jen love to have Megan over to stay with her at her little home?

9. Why was the ancient castle built in San Francisco, according to the story's details?

10. Why doesn't Eric like to talk about his feelings when Jen tries to get him to do so?

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