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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The results of the swallowing study performed after Christmas Eve prompt what change in Richard?
(a) The insertion of a feeding tube.
(b) The removal of some of his intestine.
(c) A tracheostomy.
(d) The use of a wheelchair.

2. What happens when Richard is walking around the kitchen while Karina is in New Orleans?
(a) He falls.
(b) He eats a piece of cake.
(c) He begins to choke.
(d) He walks into a cabinet.

3. 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 to take part.
(d) Because he wants his daughter to feel bad for him.

4. What surprising news do Richard's brothers tell him after the funeral?
(a) They plan to split the house with him.
(b) They plan to raise awareness about ALS.
(c) They plan to tell their father he was wrong.
(d) They plan to get Richard's childhood piano.

5. What happens when Richard asks to try some dessert on Christmas Eve?
(a) Karina refuses.
(b) Richard has an allergic reaction.
(c) Richard chokes.
(d) Grace drops it.

6. While in New Orleans, what does Karina call "a prison of her own making"?
(a) Her childhood.
(b) Her education.
(c) Her unfulfilled life.
(d) Her failed marriage.

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

8. During their phone conversation, to what does Tommy attribute Richard's difficulty speaking?
(a) To grief.
(b) To excitement.
(c) To ALS.
(d) To fear.

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

10. Following Karina's trip to New Orleans, Richard realizes she is caring for him not out of duty but out of what?
(a) Respect.
(b) Love.
(c) Apology.
(d) Martyrdom.

11. While Karina is in New Orleans, who watches Richard?
(a) Richard's brother Tommy.
(b) Grace.
(c) Elise.
(d) Bill.

12. What surprise does Karina have for Richard after the sale of his condo?
(a) His piano.
(b) A visit from Maxine.
(c) A power wheelchair.
(d) The construction of a ramp.

13. When Richard moves back in with Karina, what keeps him inside the house?
(a) He enjoys staying inside.
(b) He is having trouble walking.
(c) He doesn't want to ask Karina for help.
(d) He doesn't want the neighbors to see him.

14. How does Richard participate in the toast with his family?
(a) Richard sips a small amount of beer.
(b) Karina gives Richard some beer through his feeding tube.
(c) Karina raises an empty glass for Richard.
(d) Richard sips Liquid Gold.

15. What does Richard try to tell Karina in Chapter Sixteen, but she cannot hear him?
(a) That he is sorry.
(b) That he cannot breathe.
(c) That he needs to use the bathroom.
(d) That he still loves her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard is walking around the kitchen while Karina is in New Orleans, what does he inspect?

2. What does Karina believe about how her decision to pursue jazz affected her relationship with Richard?

3. Richard remembers his mother stopping his father from taking what to the piano?

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

5. After taking a walk with Grace and Elise, how does Karina feel about helping Richard go to the bathroom?

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