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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ivan relieve his suffering that night in Chapter 9?
(a) He calls his son to his side.
(b) He listens to his daughter sing softly.
(c) He has a good cry.
(d) He takes more medicine than the doctor suggested.

2. Why does Ivan try to hang onto what he does at the end of his life?
(a) He refuses to die.
(b) He thinks the alternative view will be unbearable.
(c) Being without his family will be unearable.
(d) The idea of no afterlife frightens him.

3. How much does Ivan sleep?
(a) All the time.
(b) Four hours a night on good nights.
(c) As little as he eats.
(d) All day but not at night.

4. Ivan feels no lasting comfort in what?
(a) His memories.
(b) Taking communion.
(c) His wife's presence.
(d) His confession.

5. In Chapter 10, where is Ivan for the next two weeks?
(a) On his sofa that he never leaves.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) In the doctor's back room.
(d) In his bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. One evening, Ivan's wife comes into his room to visit dressed how?

2. What characters are mentioned in Chapter 9?

3. What explanation has Ivan for the realizations about his memories?

4. Of what does Ivan's wife try to convince him?

5. In Chapter 11, Ivan sees that his deceptions have done what?

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