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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Dennis' kids do after his wife dies?
(a) Take turns staying with him
(b) Invite him to stay with them
(c) Leave him on his own
(d) Move in with him

2. Who gives Billy directions?
(a) The bartender
(b) The station owner's wife
(c) The store manager
(d) A customer

3. Who stays to help Maeve through the night after Billy's funeral?
(a) Kate
(b) Dennis
(c) Dennis' daughter
(d) Sheila

4. What is an important theme in this chapter?
(a) Family
(b) Betrayal
(c) Lies
(d) Death

5. What does Maeve do when she realizes the voice she heard belongs to Dennis, not Billy?
(a) She vomits
(b) She faints
(c) She swears
(d) She screams

6. What episode is Dennis reminded of when the minister tries to bribe him?
(a) When he got fired from his first job
(b) When he stopped believing in anything spiritual
(c) When he lost a promotion for taking a bribe
(d) When he dropped out of the church

7. What does Dennis do when he comes into Maeve's house?
(a) Hugs Maeve
(b) Turns on the stereo
(c) Takes the dog for a walk
(d) Puts beer in the refrigerator

8. The first time Billy had gone to dinner at Maeve's, she spills ______________ on the floor.
(a) Wine
(b) Gravy
(c) Spinach
(d) Corn

9. What had happened on the night Dennis was denied a promotion?
(a) Billy called to talk about Eva
(b) Eva died
(c) Dennis' daughter was born
(d) Dennis' wife got sick

10. Where does Dennis go on a service call that afternoon?
(a) A school
(b) A restaurant
(c) A black church
(d) A hospital

11. Maeve's father was Billy's first ______________________.
(a) Customer
(b) Convert
(c) Boss
(d) Drinking buddy

12. Why does Maeve get upset when she hears Dennis speaking to the dog?
(a) He is too harsh with the dog
(b) She thinks it is Billy
(c) He is using foul language
(d) He is talking too loud

13. Where do people gather on the evening of Billy's funeral?
(a) Hooter's
(b) The Last Chance Bar
(c) Buster's Bar
(d) Maeve's living room

14. Whose funeral do others in the house begin to talk about?
(a) Eva
(b) Mary
(c) Maeve's sister, Kate
(d) Daniel Lynch

15. What does Dan Lynch insist of Dennis and his daughter?
(a) They spend the night
(b) They let him drive home
(c) They drive him home
(d) They come in for a nightcap

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Billy's attitude when he approaches Dennis about the deception about Eva?

2. Who helps Maeve with Billy's funeral arrangements?

3. What have the neighbors brought to Maeve's house?

4. Who arrives at the house to calm Maeve?

5. Why is Dennis especially upset about Billy's grief over Eva?

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