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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following characters is an active, spry woman in her nineties?
(a) Helen
(b) Elmira
(c) Lavinia
(d) Great-grandma
2. What does Elmira prepare for the election day at the lodge?
(a) Posters
(b) Cookies and cakes
(c) Ballots
(d) Special brew
3. What job does Mr. Jonas hold?
(a) Traveling salesman
(b) Junkyard wagon
(c) Pharmacist
(d) Gypsy
4. What does Colonel Freeleigh enjoy listening to?
(a) Sounds of the city
(b) His friend's Jorge's stories
(c) The Spanish language
(d) His wife's voice
5. How does the nurse hope to prevent Colonel Freeleigh from making any more phone calls?
(a) Hides his wheelchair
(b) Unplugs the phone
(c) Has long distance calls blocked
(d) Gives him a sedative
6. Who does Douglas join for ice cream at the drugstore?
(a) Colonel Freeleigh
(b) Helen Loomis
(c) Bill Forrester
(d) Mrs. Bentley
7. What does Bill confess to Helen?
(a) He wanted her to come over for dinner
(b) He always disliked her
(c) He wanted her to be his mother
(d) He once was in love with her
8. What does Douglas do with the fireflies at the end of this section?
(a) Releases them
(b) Puts them on a shelf
(c) Gives them to his great-grandfather
(d) Kills them
9. How will Bill know when Helen has died?
(a) He'll hear the gossip
(b) He'll read about it in the paper
(c) He'll be visited by her ghost
(d) He'll get a blue envelope
10. Where does Lavinia go after the movie?
(a) She stays at the movie theater
(b) To Helen's house
(c) Alone through the ravine
(d) Alone through the town
11. What doesGgreat-grandma decide that she knows it is time for?
(a) To move into aretirement home
(b) To write her memoirs
(c) To die
(d) To move in with her grandchildren
12. How does the empty mason jar make Douglas feel?
(a) Empty
(b) Hopeful
(c) Relieved
(d) Sad
13. What will be inside the envelope Bill will receive from Helen?
(a) Money
(b) Her will
(c) A letter
(d) Pictures
14. What does Douglas help his grandfather store?
(a) Cans of food
(b) Pictures and other momentos
(c) Bottles of water
(d) Bottles of dandelion wine
15. What city does Colonel Freeleigh call?
(a) London
(b) Washington, DC
(c) Mexico City
(d) Chicago
Short Answer Questions
1. What is part of the attraction that Douglas has for the wax tarot reader?
2. What does Mr. Black do to try and fix the wax tarot witch machine?
3. Where do the sounds of Mexico City take Colonel Freeleigh back to?
4. What position does Clara Goodwater hold?
5. How does Mr. Jonas do business?
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