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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Bill become a home health aide?
(a) After needing a home health aide himself.
(b) After his mother fell ill.
(c) After seeing the numerous career opportunities in the field.
(d) After nursing his partner through his final days.

2. As Richard gets dressed in the sixth chapter, what makes him feel demoralized?
(a) His closet full of clothes he cannot button or fasten.
(b) Thoughts of his car that he will never again drive.
(c) His inability to take care of himself.
(d) The sight of all the wine he cannot open.

3. In the Prologue to the novel, Richard is playing a piece by which composer?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Schumann.
(c) Ravel.
(d) Bach.

4. What class does Elise teach?
(a) Intervallic notation.
(b) Ear training.
(c) Sight reading.
(d) Contemporary improvisation.

5. What type of music did Karina once play?
(a) Liturgical.
(b) Pop Rock.
(c) Ragtime.
(d) Jazz.

6. As Richard is lying in bed at the beginning of the sixth chapter, what is he practicing?
(a) Squeezing a ball.
(b) Moving his toes.
(c) Scales with his left hand.
(d) A speech to his daughter.

7. Which childhood friend changed Karina's thoughts about childhood?
(a) Martyna.
(b) Marzena.
(c) Maryla.
(d) Magda.

8. Which medication promises to give Richard an extra three months of life?
(a) Baclofen.
(b) Diazepam.
(c) Rilutek.
(d) Radicava.

9. When Karina visits Richard in the ninth chapter, she is surprised to see what changes in Richard?
(a) Richard has gained a lot of weight and can no longer walk.
(b) Richard has lost a great deal of weight and his arms do not move at all.
(c) Richard has sold his piano and much of his belongings.
(d) Richard has lost the ability to speak.

10. What does Karina believe had the greatest impact on her destiny?
(a) The location of her birth.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her choice of career.
(d) Her marriage partner.

11. Where did Richard take a teaching position 20 years ago?
(a) Yale School of Music.
(b) The Juilliard School.
(c) Royal College of Music.
(d) The New England Conservatory of Music.

12. Richard compares having ALS to what situation?
(a) Forgetting a concerto during a recital.
(b) Being stuck in quicksand.
(c) Getting into a car accident.
(d) Watching an awful movie.

13. When Karina visits Richard in the third chapter, what does she find him doing?
(a) Drinking wine.
(b) Packing his belongings.
(c) Painting.
(d) Playing piano.

14. Once Karina became a mother, what did she stop doing?
(a) Playing jazz.
(b) Going out with friends.
(c) Teaching piano lessons.
(d) Caring for herself.

15. When Karina visits Richard in the ninth chapter, what does she bring with her?
(a) A collection of belongings he left at her house.
(b) A walking stick.
(c) A sympathy card and a bouquet of flowers.
(d) A plate of pierogi and a bottle of red wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Richard have in the Chapter Eleven?

2. When Karina visits Richard in the third chapter, how does the visit end?

3. When Richard hugs his nurse-practitioner, he identifies the connection as being one of what?

4. Without the use of his arms, Richard walks around his home like what?

5. By Chapter Ten, how does Richard feel when he wakes up every morning?

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