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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. What does Judd keep hearing himself say?
(a) "Be strong for Mom. She needs you."
(b) "Find Patrick. Find Patrick. Find Patrick."
(c) "Take care of Mom. Be sure Mom doesn't crack up."
(d) "Get out! Get out while you can."

2. What does Abelove say that makes Marianne cry more?
(a) He says that if nothing makes her cry like she is, what might something do.
(b) He suggests she get a therapist.
(c) He depends on her to do her job and not waste time crying.
(d) He tells her he knows why she is crying and wants to help.

3. When Marianne awakens the morning after her grandmother's funeral, what happens?
(a) She is called to Abelove's office.
(b) She feels sick.
(c) She feels wonderful.
(d) She wants to go for a long walk.

4. What does Marianne do when she sees her father for the first time in twelve years?
(a) She tells him she loves him and that she is sorry.
(b) She just stares at him because he looks so different.
(c) She cries so much she can't talk.
(d) She sits silently beside him.

5. Who offers to give Marianne a ride to her grandmother's funeral?
(a) Abelove.
(b) Aunt Ethel.
(c) Her roommate Felice-Marie.
(d) Hewie, a Co-Op member.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Judd to pick up the guns after Patrick is finished with them?

2. What does the old man call Judd?

3. What does Corrine say after they scatter her husband's ashes?

4. What does Patrick suddenly remember as he drives with Zachary?

5. Who is the professor who serves as Patrick's adviser in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Michael Sr. want done with his body after he dies?

2. What happens to Michael Sr. that finally initiates the phone call Marianne has been waiting for from her mother?

3. What does Marianne think will happen when she goes to her Grandmother Hauseman's funeral?

4. Why does Marianne run away from the Green Isle Co-Op without a word to anyone?

5. What is happening to Marianne's grades in college and why is it happening?

6. How does Judd explain to Patrick about their mother's behavior on Sunday mornings?

7. How does Corrine react to Judd's moving away from home?

8. What is the difference between the relationship that Patrick has with Marianne and the one he has with Judd?

9. What bothers Judd the most after his father's death when they go to scatter his ashes?

10. Why, if Abelove loves Marianne, doesn't he search harder for her after she leaves?

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