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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose funeral are they attending?
(a) Their son's.
(b) Their firend from out of town.
(c) Serena's husband.
(d) Their granddaughter's.

3. What breaks Maggie's heart about Ira?
(a) Maggie no longer loves Ira.
(b) Ira no longer loves her.
(c) He cheated on her.
(d) That he can constantly put up a wall around his emotions.

4. What makes Serena upset?
(a) No one sings.
(b) The Ira does not participate.
(c) She realizes Max is dead.
(d) Maggie is angry with her.

5. How does Maggie deal with her mood?
(a) Makes sarcastic remarks to him.
(b) Continues to talk.
(c) Is silent.
(d) Yells at Ira.

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

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

8. Why does this make Ira happy?
(a) He hate funerals.
(b) No one is mourning Max.
(c) Maggie is sad.
(d) He likes to be punctual.

9. What does Ira wish existed in his life?
(a) Riches.
(b) Spontaneity.
(c) A new house.
(d) New people.

10. What do Maggie's blundering behavior and accidents reveal?
(a) Her bad karma.
(b) Her unsettled nature.
(c) Her sweet nature.
(d) Her purposful attitude.

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

12. What does Maggie revisit in her memories?
(a) She wishes she would have dated more men.
(b) Her realization of love for Ira.
(c) How she can reconnect with her children.
(d) Her time with Boris.

13. What does Maggie begin to think about?
(a) Where Jesse is.
(b) What Ira is thinking .
(c) How Fiona is.
(d) What her life might have been .

14. How does he feel about his children?
(a) He leaves their upbringing to Maggie.
(b) He loves them dearly.
(c) He has little reguard for them.
(d) He wishes he could connect with them.

15. What do they encounter on the highway?
(a) A lot of traffic.
(b) An animal running across the road.
(c) An erratic driver.
(d) An old, kind woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the novel Breathing Lessons about?

2. Who joins Maggie to sing?

3. How does Ira feel about Maggie?

4. Where do Leroy and Fiona live?

5. What does Serena look like at the funeral?

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