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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. Who is Grace?
(a) Richard's mother.
(b) Karina's childhood friend.
(c) Richard and Karina's neighbor.
(d) Richard and Karina's daughter.

2. What concern regarding Grace does Karina share during her visit to Richard in Chapter Nine?
(a) That Grace does not care about Richard's ALS.
(b) That Richard does not love Grace as much as the piano.
(c) That Grace still does not know about Richard's ALS.
(d) That Richard has abandoned his daughter.

3. What was the name of Richard's childhood piano teacher?
(a) Mrs. Parker.
(b) Mrs. Palmer.
(c) Mrs. Postma.
(d) Mrs. Potter.

4. Where does Richard go in Chapter Twelve?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) The Public Garden.
(c) Church.
(d) The local mall.

5. What part of Richard stops working first?
(a) His right foot.
(b) His right hand.
(c) His left leg.
(d) His left hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which medication promises to give Richard an extra three months of life?

2. In the novel's second chapter, Richard lies in bed waiting for what?

3. What class does Elise teach?

4. Where does Karina visit Richard in the third chapter?

5. Richard's pulmonologist has warned him in Chapter Ten that what machine will soon be necessary?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Karina first visits Richard in his condo, what is Richard doing? Why?

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. What is Richard's relationship like with his daughter at the beginning of the novel?

6. What is Richard's relationship like with his father?

7. Who is Trevor and what has he said regarding Richard's illness?

8. Who is Maxine? How did Richard's diagnosis impact his relationship with her?

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

10. What is the first part of Richard that stops working? What does he do as a result?

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