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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 does Macon take Edward to after leaving the kennel?
(a) Sarah's.
(b) Meow-Bow Animal Hospital.
(c) The ASPCA.
(d) His sister's.

2. What does Macon wear to bed?
(a) Whatever he wears that day.
(b) Tomorrow's underwear.
(c) Pajamas.
(d) Nothing.

3. Why does Sarah want Macon to pull over?
(a) She has to go to the bathroom.
(b) She wants to drive.
(c) She wants to wait out the storm under an overpass.
(d) She wants to get a blanket from the trunk.

4. What does Macon do with his dirty clothes?
(a) He gets them dry-cleaned.
(b) He washes them in an outside basin.
(c) He never washes them.
(d) He swishes them in the tub and hangs them on hangers to dry.

5. According to Macon, what is a huge waste of energy?
(a) The dishwasher.
(b) The oven.
(c) The computer.
(d) The television.

Short Answer Questions

1. What restaurant do Macon and Sarah agree to meet at for dinner?

2. Where does Macon pull over?

3. What is Macon's injury?

4. When Macon thinks of Sarah in her apartment, what does he imagine?

5. According to Grandfather Leary, who is the best Leary?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Julian, Rose, Charles, and Macon are making small-talk, why does Sarah call Macon?

2. Describe Macon's dream about his grandfather.

3. Why does Muriel give Macon a calendar?

4. Why does Macon call Muriel in Chapter 19 and what is her response?

5. How does Edward respond to Muriel and her training lessons?

6. In Chapter 12, Macon begins to spend a lot of time with Muriel. What is Rose's response to his absence from home and why is it significant?

7. In Chapter 11, why doesn't Macon want to have dinner with her and her son?

8. What does Julian offer to Macon when he comes over in Chapter 6?

9. What is Muriel's response to her mother's revelations about her and what does she give Macon?

10. In Philadelphia, what does Porter's daughter, Susan, tell Macon about Ethan?

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