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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. How do Paul and Carol travel from Texas to Bay City?
(a) Train.
(b) Bus.
(c) Airplane.
(d) Car.

2. Which of the following did Jimmy NOT do to their retirement home?
(a) Added a swimming pool.
(b) Installed solar panels.
(c) Built a breezeway.
(d) Built a garage.

3. Who interrupts Ann and the boy in #141?
(a) Dr. Hawthorne.
(b) Ana.
(c) Adele.
(d) Peter.

4. Carol scatters Paul's ashes in a town in ________________.
(a) Texas.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Utah.
(d) Wisconsin.

5. What type of surgery does Jimmy have?
(a) Knee replacement surgery.
(b) Gallbladder removal surgery.
(c) Spinal surgery.
(d) Heart bypass surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Adele's house located?

2. With which boy does Ann begin a sexual relationship?

3. What were the orders of the man in #155 during the war?

4. To what state do Carol and Jimmy retire?

5. Where does Paul die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Carol and Jimmy's son, Benny, die?

2. What is Adele's cottage like when Ann comes to visit?

3. How does Ann's sexual relationship with Peter mirror her inappropriate behavior with young children?

4. Describe how Carol's life is much more dramatic in reality than Adele's theatrics.

5. What was life like for Carol growing up?

6. What is the symbolism of the ants crawling on the carrot cake?

7. How does Carol show depth of character in her life that Adele could not possibly understand?

8. Who is Paul Morgenstern and what role does he play in Carol's life?

9. How does Paul die and what decision does Carol make regarding her life going forward?

10. How does the episode of the red shoes exhibit Adele's not being fit to parent?

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