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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mattie's marital status?
(a) She is separated.
(b) She is divorced.
(c) She is a widow.
(d) She is married.

2. What was the name of Sara Tidwell's band?
(a) The Red-Top Boys.
(b) The Maine Event.
(c) The Lobster Traps.
(d) The Half Moons.

3. What word does Mike see spelled out with magnets on the refrigerator door?
(a) Leave.
(b) Hello.
(c) Die.
(d) Soon.

4. Which of the following is NOT one of Mike's selves in his hallucination?
(a) Having sex with Jo.
(b) Buying a bottle of wine.
(c) Picking up the Selectric in Jo's studio.
(d) Having sex with Mattie.

5. What is Mike doing when his phone rings at the cabin?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Watching fireworks.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Watching TV.

6. What device does Mike find in his office at the cabin?
(a) A dictating machine.
(b) An adding machine.
(c) A cell phone.
(d) A cutting board.

7. What did Johanna want to buy on the day she died that she did not want Mike to know about?
(a) A birthday gift for him.
(b) A car.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A pregnancy test kit.

8. How is Mike completing his new novel?
(a) He writing 20 hours a day.
(b) He is plagiarizing.
(c) He is using material he has created in other years.
(d) He has decided not to finish it.

9. What had Johanna always done for Mike's novels?
(a) Gave them a title.
(b) Sent them to the publisher.
(c) Typed in the last line.
(d) Proofread them.

10. What does Mike do when he heads to the beach and is overcome with emotion?
(a) Lies flat on the ground.
(b) Sits and cries.
(c) Dives into the water.
(d) Returns to the house.

11. Sara Laughs is located on which lake in Maine?
(a) Old Loon Lake.
(b) Bartlesby Lake.
(c) Dark Score Lake.
(d) Toothaker Lake.

12. In what town does Mike live?
(a) Durban.
(b) Derry.
(c) Danbury.
(d) Duluth.

13. What exhibits in Mike's dreams and then actually comes true?
(a) He has a car accident.
(b) A cut on his hand.
(c) His car breaks down.
(d) He falls and breaks his leg.

14. What does Mike ask Bill Dean to do before he goes to the cabin?
(a) Paint the interior.
(b) Take photos.
(c) Have the carpets cleaned.
(d) Install more cupboards.

15. What favor does Mattie ask of Mike?
(a) Not to tell about finding her child in the road.
(b) To lend her twenty dollars.
(c) To autograph her copies of his books.
(d) To give her a ride to town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of flowers does Mike see in his dream and also in a photo taken by Bill Dean?

2. What is Mike's last name?

3. What is the name of the place the local people call a country club?

4. How old was Mike when he had a high temperature from the measles and hallucinated?

5. What sound does Mike hear when he wakes in the middle of the night?

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