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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Ira feel about Maggie?
(a) She drives him insane.
(b) He secretly hates her .
(c) He loves her, but does not know why.
(d) He is completely devoted to her.

3. Where does the couple stop in Chapter I?
(a) At a local performing arts building.
(b) At a motel.
(c) At a roadside cafe.
(d) At a mueseum.

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

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

6. Where do Leroy and Fiona live?
(a) On the beach.
(b) In the desert.
(c) In a tiny town.
(d) In a large metropolitan area.

7. What is sung at the funeral?
(a) Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.
(b) Love Me Tomorrow.
(c) Hold Me Now.
(d) I will Remember You.

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

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

10. Who joins Maggie to sing?
(a) Durwood.
(b) Shaun.
(c) Michael.
(d) Alex.

11. Who does Maggie hear on the radio?
(a) An annoying commercial .
(b) Her ex-daughter-in-law, Fiona.
(c) A song she loves.
(d) A discussion on talk radio.

12. Who does Maggie see at Serena's house?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her ex daughter-in-law.
(c) Many people from high school .
(d) Old enemies.

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

14. How does this make Maggie feel?
(a) Annoyed .
(b) Angered.
(c) Confused.
(d) Sad.

15. What does Maggie begin to imagine?
(a) A life without children.
(b) A completely different life.
(c) A life without Ira.
(d) Time when Ira and her had a good realtionship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Maggie's blundering behavior and accidents reveal?

2. Who does Serena wish was at the funeral?

3. What does Maggie demand?

4. What do they do at Serena's house?

5. What does Maggie add to Ira's life?

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