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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard consider to be sloppy and incomprehensible?
(a) Grace's bedroom.
(b) The path of ALS.
(c) Jazz music.
(d) His doctor's handwriting.

2. What lift will help Karina move Richard in and out of bed?
(a) A transport chair.
(b) An extrication device.
(c) A Hoyer lift.
(d) A stretcher.

3. When Richard is walking around the kitchen while Karina is in New Orleans, what does he inspect?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) Karina's bills.
(c) Grace's schoolbag.
(d) The leftover pizza.

4. Why does Richard ask to try some dessert on Christmas Eve?
(a) Because he wants to make Karina happy.
(b) Because he wants to prove a point.
(c) Because he wants his daughter to feel bad for him.
(d) Because he wants to take part.

5. What does Grace have to absorb all at once?
(a) Her studies.
(b) Karina's transformation.
(c) Richard's transformation.
(d) Her failing grades.

6. Why is Dr. George saddened?
(a) Because Richard did not bank his voice months ago.
(b) Because Richard is so far gone.
(c) Because the clinical trial is failing.
(d) Because his office is closing.

7. While Karina is in New Orleans, what does Richard attempt to do?
(a) Enjoy jazz.
(b) Move his hands.
(c) Go for a walk.
(d) Write a letter to Karina.

8. After taking a walk with Grace and Elise, how does Karina feel about helping Richard go to the bathroom?
(a) Untroubled.
(b) Still.
(c) Fortunate.
(d) Resentful.

9. Following the Christmas Eve incident, what is Richard unable to control?
(a) His breathing.
(b) His Head Mouse.
(c) His bladder.
(d) His saliva.

10. What does Richard believe is his true legacy?
(a) The piano.
(b) Grace.
(c) His ALS.
(d) Karina.

11. Where has Richard's childhood piano gone?
(a) To a neighbor's house.
(b) To his brother's house.
(c) To the dump.
(d) To Goodwill.

12. According to Richard, what is the most selfish thing he has ever done?
(a) Forcing Karina to move to Boston.
(b) Touring so much when Grace was a child.
(c) Not talking to his father for so long.
(d) Moving back in with Karina.

13. The results of the breathing study explain why Richard is always in what state?
(a) A constant state of pain.
(b) A constant state of alertness.
(c) A constant state of exhaustion.
(d) A constant state of anxiety.

14. What song do Bill and Karina perform together?
(a) What a Wonderful World.
(b) Somewhere over the Rainbow.
(c) You Are My Sunshine.
(d) Memory.

15. What does Tommy tell Richard?
(a) Richard's family knows about his diagnosis.
(b) Richard's father died.
(c) Richard is invited to a family reunion.
(d) Richard's childhood home has been sold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Karina shocked to discover about the jazz pianist she sees in New Orleans?

2. What surprise does Karina have for Richard after the sale of his condo?

3. What happens when Richard asks to try some dessert on Christmas Eve?

4. While in New Orleans, what does Karina call "a prison of her own making"?

5. After taking a walk following the Christmas holiday, Karina comes home to find what alarm going off?

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