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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Charity planned?
(a) Tonight's dinner
(b) Her own funeral
(c) Summer vacation
(d) The lives of her husband, children and grandchildren

2. What is Larry doing at the beginning of Part 3: Chapter 4?
(a) Swimming
(b) Looking for Sid
(c) Reading
(d) Grilling hamburgers

3. What does Sid finally rationalize?
(a) His career choice was a mistake
(b) He has failed his children
(c) The car will not start
(d) Charity is set on dying

4. What disease does Sally have?
(a) Cancer
(b) Diabetes
(c) Polio
(d) Epilepsy

5. How does Larry adapt to time in Vermont?
(a) He has anxiety
(b) He thrives
(c) He never wants to leave
(d) He wants to leave soon

6. Where do the Morgans live now?
(a) Pittsburgh
(b) Trenton
(c) Cambridge
(d) Malvern

7. Larry thinks about making order out of __________________________.
(a) His study
(b) His garage
(c) The chaos that is life
(d) His road map

8. Who has a birthday party at the beginning of Part 2: Chapter 2?
(a) Lang and David
(b) Sid
(c) Larry
(d) Charity

9. How does Larry describe the foursome of the Langs and the Morgans?
(a) Twin siblings of different mothers
(b) Two Adams and two Eves
(c) Two peas in a pod
(d) A great golf team

10. Why do the nurses take Charity into the house?
(a) It is getting dark
(b) She is overtired
(c) A storm is coming
(d) The sun is too hot

11. Where is the family having a picnic?
(a) The back yard
(b) A state park
(c) Folsom Hill
(d) Kennebunkport

12. For what reason does Sally express regret?
(a) That she never learned to ski
(b) That she is a burden to Larry
(c) That she never had a professional job
(d) That they never had more children

13. Charity says that there is no decent literature on what subject?
(a) Cancer treatments
(b) How to die
(c) Environmentalism
(d) Cultivating raspberries

14. Why has Charity had some trees cut down?
(a) To build onto the house
(b) For soil conservation
(c) To create a better view
(d) For better water flow

15. What does Charity have trouble cooking for the group?
(a) Chicken
(b) Steak
(c) Corn
(d) Fish

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the condition of Sid's barn?

2. Why is Hallie feeling ashamed of herself?

3. What location is the setting for Larry's new novel?

4. What is growing in the wooded areas along the way?

5. Who walks up to meet the family as the picnic is ending?

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