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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. When Karina visits Richard in the ninth chapter, she barely notices what outside?
(a) Boxes of Richard's belongings.
(b) A "For Sale" sign.
(c) A wheelchair ramp.
(d) A motorized lift.

2. Who is the nurse-practitioner overseeing Richard's medical care?
(a) Kaitlin DeVillo.
(b) Karen DeVillo.
(c) Kathy DeVillo.
(d) Kendall DeVillo.

3. With only one working hand, Richard can only play which piece?
(a) Beethoven's Concerto for the Left Hand.
(b) Wagner's Concerto for the Left Hand.
(c) Haydn's Concerto for the Left Hand.
(d) Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand.

4. What was the name of Karina's childhood piano teacher?
(a) Mr. Nowak.
(b) Mr. Borowitz.
(c) Mr. Bender.
(d) Mr. Kowalski.

5. During the meeting with his nurse-practitioner in the seventh chapter, what causes Richard to break down in tears?
(a) The sheer immensity of his losses.
(b) The thought of how much money his ALS is costing him.
(c) Thoughts of his daughter.
(d) His most recent breakup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What school does Grace attend?

2. What did Richard's father value when Richard was younger?

3. When Karina visits Richard in the third chapter, he compares her palate to what?

4. What type of music did Karina once play?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the prologue to the novel illustrate about Richard?

2. What are Karina's thoughts regarding birth and destiny? How are these beliefs illustrated by her own life?

3. When helping Richard in the bathroom, what moves Karina to tears? What does she decide?

4. After Richard loses the loss of his arms, how does he feed himself? What does Bill add to Richard's food in Chapter Eleven? Why?

5. Who is Kathy DeVillo and how does she help Richard?

6. What does Kathy DeVillo recommend Richard start doing in Chapter Seven? Explain several things.

7. Who is Elise and how did Karina meet her? What does Elise want Karina to do?

8. What is the second part of Richard that stops working?

9. Who is Bill? What information does the reader learn about his background?

10. When Karina visits Richard for the second time, what changes in him does she notice?

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