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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edward miss, but also not want to start doing again, after the crash?
(a) Playing piano.
(b) Playing violin.
(c) Playing tennis.
(d) Playing basketball.

2. What does Edward's aunt tell him the first day she brings him back to her house?
(a) You will eventually stop missing your mother.
(b) This is not okay.
(c) You will always be able to go to whatever college you wish.
(d) We will always take care of you.

3. What reason does Shay tell Edward her mother gave her for why her father married her mother?
(a) He did not want to say no when she asked him to marry her.
(b) He only married her to make his family angry, because they did not want him to marry a Mexican.
(c) He had to marry her because she was pregnant.
(d) He loved her.

4. Why does a moving truck come to Lacey's house in Part II?
(a) To move the family back to New York City.
(b) To bring all of Edward's family's belongings.
(c) To bring Edward's furniture from his old room back.
(d) To bring all the letters people have written to Edward.

5. What does Bruce Adler do for a living?
(a) He is an accountant.
(b) He is a mathematician and professor.
(c) He is a novelist.
(d) He is a doctor.

6. How old is Jordan Adler in Part I?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

7. Which state does Florida tell Linda she lived in a couple of hundred years ago?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Washington.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Vermont.

8. Who is Edward's aunt that he goes to live with after the crash?
(a) Jan.
(b) Lacey.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Mary.

9. How many ex-wives does Crispin have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

10. What ex-wife does Crispin Cox think of repeatedly on the plane in Part I?
(a) Louisa.
(b) Michelle.
(c) Lori.
(d) Marla.

11. What had Florida done some years earlier with her husband, Bobby, in New York City?
(a) Gotten hooked on drugs.
(b) Volunteered to organize the climate march.
(c) Participated in the Occupy Wall Street protests.
(d) Worked at homeless shelters.

12. What does Jordan refuse to do in the airport in Part I?
(a) Open his suitcase so the officers can look through it.
(b) Take his shoes off.
(c) Go through the regular security scanner.
(d) Have his temperature taken.

13. What food does Edward detest after the crash that he loved before the crash?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Apples.
(c) Pasta.
(d) Chocolate.

14. What has Jane often told Bruce about what she thinks about his career during fights they have had?
(a) He should encourage their children to go into his field.
(b) He should switch careers.
(c) He should push harder in his career.
(d) He should take time off from his career.

15. Where does the plane the Adler family is on eventually crash?
(a) Outside of Los Angeles.
(b) Outside of Cleveland.
(c) Outside of Mexico City.
(d) Outside of Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What university failed to offer Bruce Adler tenure, to his disappointment?

2. What do Edward and Lacey do almost every afternoon together in Part II?

3. Why does Jane Adler sit in first class on the plane, separate from her family?

4. How old is Edward Adler in Part I?

5. In Part II, how did Louisa eventually start all her letters to Crispin?

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