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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week does the story start?
(a) Saturday .
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

2. What time was very important to Serena?
(a) Time with her mother.
(b) Time with her children.
(c) Her high school years.
(d) Time with her friends.

3. What is Ira in the midst of?
(a) A divorce.
(b) A dream.
(c) A bout of depression.
(d) A mid life crisis.

4. Who is Jerry?
(a) Maggie's lover.
(b) Maggie's ex husband.
(c) Maggie and Ira's son.
(d) Ira's lover.

5. What was Ira's dream?
(a) Get a Master's degree.
(b) He wanted to be a lawyer.
(c) Own his own business.
(d) To go to medical school.

6. What does Serena look like at the funeral?
(a) A gold digger.
(b) Like a Spanish matron.
(c) A hot mess.
(d) A widow.

7. Who does Maggie begin talking to?
(a) The hostess.
(b) A waitress.
(c) An attractive man.
(d) The hotel owner.

8. Why is their relationship essential to Ira?
(a) He enjoys being with someone.
(b) He likes to fight.
(c) Maggie is a great trophy wife.
(d) It helps him breathe and escape.

9. What was Ira like when he and Maggie were in school?
(a) Very popular.
(b) Happy-go-lucky.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Removed; he had an ill family to support.

10. What is Serena like?
(a) Eccentric.
(b) Cruel natured.
(c) Mean.
(d) Sweet.

11. What does the day remember?
(a) How much Max loved his friends.
(b) The beautiful life they had together.
(c) Their children.
(d) Serena's past instead of her husbands.

12. What does Serena demand?
(a) That they leave the house.
(b) That someone buy her food.
(c) That everyone leave her house.
(d) That she get some sympathy.

13. Why was Boris upset with Maggie?
(a) He did not understand her liking of working in a nursing home.
(b) She paid too much attention to friends.
(c) She would not have sex with him.
(d) She loved her dog too much.

14. How was Ira treated by his parents?
(a) They spoiled him.
(b) He was ignored.
(c) Ira ran away when he was younger.
(d) They loved him dearly.

15. What movie do they watch at Serena's house?
(a) A bat mitzvah.
(b) A baptism.
(c) Serena and Mike's wedding.
(d) An anniversary party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the novel Breathing Lessons about?

2. How does Ira deal with his mood?

3. Who sings with Maggie at the funeral?

4. Why do they decide to help the old man?

5. How does Maggie feel about her ex-classmates?

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