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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How will Bill know when Helen has died?
(a) He'll get a blue envelope
(b) He'll read about it in the paper
(c) He'll hear the gossip
(d) He'll be visited by her ghost

2. Where does Lavinia go after the movie?
(a) Alone through the ravine
(b) She stays at the movie theater
(c) Alone through the town
(d) To Helen's house

3. What does Douglas wonder?
(a) Why Helen had to die
(b) Why Bill and Helen weren't married
(c) Why people must grow older
(d) What happened to happy endings

4. What does Elmira carry with her to the election day at the lodge?
(a) Crucifix
(b) Holy water
(c) Wooden stake
(d) Bible

5. How long does Great-grandma tell Douglas she will be around?
(a) A hundred years
(b) A few more days
(c) A thousand years
(d) A few more years

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to talk to Douglas about how some people feel things more than others?

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Douglas' mood when Lavina and Francine passed him?

3. Which of the following terms best describes the relationship between Elmira Brown and Clara Goodwater?

4. What does Tom represent according to Elmira as she takes him with her to the lodge?

5. What is the second card for Tom that the wax tarot witch delivers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Douglas believe that he must work with Tom to rescue the real Mme. Tarot?

2. How does Lavinia come to be the one responsible for the death of the Lonely One?

3. What do the various bottles of dandelion wine that were bottled from June and July represent to Douglas?

4. Describe the scene where Elmira confronts Clara and how Clara reacts.

5. What other relationships does Bill and Helen's relationship parallel?

6. What does Douglas wonder about his own memories and how they can or do travel?

7. How can Douglas tell that Bill is devastated by Helen's death?

8. Why doesn't Douglas finish his entry about what he must do some day in his tablet?

9. How did Douglas finish his tablet entry and when did he make the decision to finish the entry in this manner?

10. How does Great-grandma tell Douglas to find the new person who will take over the chore of fixing the roof shingles in the spring which she used to be responsible for doing?

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