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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Richard feel humiliated when Karina visits him in the third chapter?
(a) Because he trips and falls.
(b) Because he cannot open a bottle of wine.
(c) Because he drops a glass.
(d) Because he forgets important information.

2. While at the graduation party, Karina learns what news?
(a) Richard has signed a lucrative contract.
(b) Richard is engaged to a young model.
(c) Richard has canceled his tour due to ALS.
(d) Richard is being sued for breach of contract.

3. As Karina listens to the music in the coffee shop, what emotions does she experience?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Longing and sorrow.
(d) Joy.

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

5. Richard hopes his ALS diagnosis is really what ailment?
(a) A pulled muscle.
(b) Tendinitis.
(c) Sclerosis.
(d) Arthritis.

6. What does Bill add to Richard's milkshake in Chapter Eleven?
(a) A sedative to ease his anxiety.
(b) Medicine to thicken the blood.
(c) Medicine to ease muscle rigidity.
(d) A laxative to ease his constipation.

7. Which musician's music plays in the coffee shop while Karina is visiting her daughter?
(a) Thelonious Monk.
(b) Duke Ellington.
(c) Charlie Parker.
(d) Miles Davis.

8. What school does Grace attend?
(a) The University of Miami.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) The University of Pennsylvania.
(d) The University of the Arts.

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

10. How often does Richard see his nurse-practitioner?
(a) Every three weeks.
(b) Every month.
(c) Every three months.
(d) Every other week.

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

12. Richard feels that having ALS is a practice in what art?
(a) Tai chi.
(b) Zen.
(c) Shotokan.
(d) Aikido.

13. Upon moving to Boston, what did Karina discover?
(a) Boston was the most beautiful city Karina had ever seen.
(b) Boston has no jazz scene.
(c) Richard had lied about a teaching position.
(d) There was no way for her to earn an income in Boston.

14. Upon arriving back at his condo in Chapter Twelve, what does Richard find?
(a) Karina is waiting for him.
(b) He has lost his key.
(c) His phone is ringing upstairs.
(d) There is no one to let him back inside.

15. Richard's pulmonologist has warned him in Chapter Ten that what machine will soon be necessary?
(a) A nebulizer.
(b) A BiPAP.
(c) A CPAP.
(d) A ventilator.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the Prologue to the novel, Richard is playing a piece by which composer?

3. Who is Grace?

4. In the Prologue to the novel, Richard notes his playing lacks what?

5. At the end of Chapter Thirteen, Karina informs Richard that he needs to do what?

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