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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. What is the name of the home health aide who comes in the afternoon?
(a) Melanie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Melinda.
(d) Marie.
2. When Karina visits Richard in the third chapter, what does she find him doing?
(a) Painting.
(b) Playing piano.
(c) Packing his belongings.
(d) Drinking wine.
3. As Karina listens to the music in the coffee shop, what emotions does she experience?
(a) Joy.
(b) Longing and sorrow.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anxiety.
4. What was the name of Richard's childhood piano teacher?
(a) Mrs. Postma.
(b) Mrs. Palmer.
(c) Mrs. Parker.
(d) Mrs. Potter.
5. In the Prologue to the novel, Richard is playing a piece by which composer?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Bach.
(c) Ravel.
(d) Schumann.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Karina visits Richard in the ninth chapter, she is surprised to see who there?
2. When did Bill become a home health aide?
3. Where did Richard take a teaching position 20 years ago?
4. Whom does Richard attempt to call at the end of Chapter Twelve?
5. What is the name of Richard's last girlfriend?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the prologue to the novel illustrate about Richard?
2. When Karina first visits Richard in his condo, what does she think about Richard's diagnosis? How does this opinion change by the end of her visit?
3. What does Kathy DeVillo recommend Richard start doing in Chapter Seven? Explain several things.
4. Why does Richard accidentally call Karina?
5. Who is Trevor and what has he said regarding Richard's illness?
6. What are Karina's thoughts regarding birth and destiny? How are these beliefs illustrated by her own life?
7. When Karina visits Richard for the second time, what changes in him does she notice?
8. What happens when Richard goes out in Chapter Twelve?
9. When Karina first visits Richard in his condo, what is Richard doing? Why?
10. What is the "invisible presence" Richard feels every morning and why does he tell himself to be grateful for it?
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