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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. Where had C.B. Whiting spent several years as an aspiring artist and poet?
(a) France
(b) Costa Rica
(c) The Bahamas
(d) Mexico

2. What does Charlene say she wants to give to John Voss?
(a) A hug
(b) A good meal
(c) A birthday gift
(d) A joint

3. What activity has transformed Janine's life?
(a) Tarot cards
(b) Yoga
(c) Feng shui
(d) Aerobics

4. What has Miles agreed to paint for St. Catherine's Catholic Church?
(a) The altar
(b) The rectory
(c) The statues
(d) The steeple

5. What does Max want Miles to do?
(a) Lose some weight
(b) Marry Cindy Whiting
(c) Sell the restaurant
(d) Learn French

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Janine soon to marry?

2. What does Miles forget when he leaves Martha's Vineyard?

3. With whom do Cindy and Miles have a conversation at the game?

4. What animal does Tick paint in her dream painting?

5. What does Janine call Miles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three elements consuming Janine's life at this point in time?

2. Explain how Miles is too good for his own good.

3. Describe how Zack Minty exhibits unsportsmanlike behavior and then manipulates the crowd at the football game.

4. How does David want Miles to expand his business opportunities?

5. What revelation does Miles get when he examines an old photo in the newspaper?

6. Explain how the driving lesson with Mrs. Whiting helps Miles overcome his fear.

7. Explain why Janine is obsessed with the number sixty as she sits at the football game.

8. Explain the economic dynamics of the town as the story begins.

9. What is the role of Timmy, the cat, in the story?

10. How is Miles' good heart exhibited in the scene with a hungover Buster?

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