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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Sid and Charity agree on?
(a) Charity should not go on the picnic
(b) New dining room furniture
(c) Architectural drawings
(d) New investments

2. What does Charity do when she sees the Morgans?
(a) Cries
(b) Screams
(c) Smiles
(d) Faints

3. In what city are the Morgans living in the flashback in Part 2: Chapter 4?
(a) Milan
(b) Florence
(c) Venice
(d) Rome

4. What does Charity insist that she is doing?
(a) Trying to die right
(b) Trying to take her pills
(c) Trying to sleep
(d) Trying to finish a novel

5. Why does Sid not want to go on the picnic?
(a) He sunburns too easily
(b) He has had the flu
(c) He has to get up early tomorrow
(d) He knows Charity is planning to die when he's gone

6. What does Charity say is all she needed to make her death the way she has envisioned it?
(a) To see another Christmas
(b) To see her grandchildren
(c) To see Larry and Sally
(d) To see her children

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

8. What does Sally need to help her get around?
(a) Crutches
(b) Canes
(c) Wheelchair
(d) Sturdy shoes

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

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

11. Where do Larry and Sally go in Part 2: Chapter 5?
(a) Sid and Charity's house
(b) Their old apartment in Cambridge
(c) Lang and Moe's house
(d) Their old apartment in Madison

12. What item does Sally add to the gear to prevent a further argument?
(a) Sugar
(b) Tea
(c) Bandages
(d) Coffee

13. What do the Langs and Morgans plan to do at the end of the summer?
(a) Go whitewater rafting
(b) Take a 100-mile walking trip
(c) Go to New York for a theater trip
(d) Spend a week at Walden Pond

14. What does Sally ask Larry to do?
(a) Stay with Sid
(b) Blow up some beach balls
(c) Read stories to the children
(d) Get some ice for the coolers

15. What has Charity selected for Sid?
(a) A new suit
(b) Marriage prospects
(c) A party menu
(d) New books

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hallie's husband?

2. What are Larry and Sally doing as the chapter begins?

3. Who tries to talk Sid out of going on the picnic?

4. What year is it in the story as Part2: Chapter 1 begins?

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

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