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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. What doesn't Grandfather want to talk about?
(a) Colonel Freeleigh
(b) Death
(c) Doom and gloom
(d) Dandelion wine

2. Who takes the phone away from Colonel Freeleigh?
(a) Douglas
(b) Clara
(c) Nurse
(d) Elmira

3. Who comes to visit Grandfather and Grandma?
(a) Lena
(b) Mr. Jonas
(c) Great grandma
(d) Aunt Rose

4. Which of the following characters is an active, spry woman in her nineties?
(a) Great-grandma
(b) Helen
(c) Elmira
(d) Lavinia

5. What does Aunt Rose buy for Grandma?
(a) Herbs
(b) Dishes
(c) Cookbook
(d) Pans

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Helen in the photo Bill found of her in the paper?

2. What feelings does Douglas hope to reconcile?

3. What position does Clara Goodwater hold?

4. In what month does Helen tell Bill she will be dead soon?

5. What will be inside the envelope Bill will receive from Helen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Douglas believe would have happened between Bill and Helen if they had been born at different times?

2. How does Great-grandma tell Douglas that she will always be with him, even for a thousand years?

3. How does Douglas help Grandmother to be able to return to the excellent cook she always was before Aunt Rose came?

4. Why is Sam not surprised to return home from his job as the postman to find his wife, Elmira, hurt?

5. What are the different views on Helen's death and how it relates to happy endings by Douglas and Tom?

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

7. How does Douglas decide is the best way to pay back Mr. Jonas?

8. 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?

9. Why do Tom, Douglas and Charlie believe that the man that Lavina killed is not the Lonely One?

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

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