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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What or who does Ira not want to concern himself with?
(a) Daisy.
(b) Leroy.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Jesse.

2. What kind of wife did Boris want?
(a) A more caring wife.
(b) Someone very attractive.
(c) A more ambitious wife.
(d) Someone who would travel with him.

3. What does Serena ask of Ira and Maggie?
(a) For some moral support.
(b) They kiss.
(c) That they sing.
(d) For them to hold her hand.

4. Where does everyone go after the funeral?
(a) To the funeral home.
(b) To a resturant.
(c) To Serena's house.
(d) Out for drinks.

5. As the couple drives along the highway, where does Maggie think they should go?
(a) To Philly.
(b) To send a bouquet of flowers to Serena.
(c) To see Leroy, their granddaughter.
(d) To see thier daughter, Erin.

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

7. What is Maggie to Ira?
(a) Warming.
(b) Kind.
(c) Threatening.
(d) Maddening.

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

9. What does Maggie crash into in the car?
(a) She runs right into the path of an oncoming delivery truck.
(b) A child.
(c) A building.
(d) Another small car.

10. What does Serena constantly seek from other people?
(a) Handouts.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Help.
(d) Validation.

11. What makes Maggie so mad?
(a) She misses her grand daughter.
(b) That Ira does not listen to her.
(c) That Ira has the nerve to scold her.
(d) She does not think Ira loves her.

12. What is Ira unnerved by?
(a) Maggie's driving.
(b) The fact that they are late leaving for their trip .
(c) Maggie's attitude.
(d) The bad weather.

13. Even though Serena is beautiful, she is ______.
(a) mean
(b) helpful
(c) nice
(d) insecure

14. What does Ira think of other people?
(a) No one cares about other people.
(b) That they know nothing of the human condition.
(c) Ira loves hanging around other people and learning about their lives.
(d) That they waste too much time on petty differences.

15. Over what period of time does the story take place?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) One day.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they encounter on the highway?

2. What does Ira wish existed in his life?

3. Why was Boris upset with Maggie?

4. How old is Ira?

5. How did Maggie and Ira become closer?

(see the answer keys)

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