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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 on the postcard Otis receives from an old friend?
(a) A photo of a nuclear test.
(b) A dolphin jumping out of the water.
(c) A classic automobile.
(d) A daisy.

2. What nickname does Claire's family have for her?
(a) Spinster.
(b) Busybee.
(c) Baby.
(d) Ducky.

3. After his mid-twenties breakdown, Dag reads every book by which author?
(a) Agatha Christie.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Truman Capote.
(d) Mark Twain.

4. Where is Claire originally from?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Texas.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. What disturbing artifacts does Andy mention Claire keeps in what should be her dining room?
(a) Baby shoes.
(b) Old appliances.
(c) Antlers.
(d) Mannequins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Andy and Dag work?

2. What is the meaning of the Japanese phrase, "shin jin rui"?

3. Reading a passage from the diaries of which artist inspired Andy to exercise?

4. What does Claire have on her back?

5. What sickness does Buck come down with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Texlahoma.

2. What does Margaret tell Dag is the only reason people get up and go to work everyday?

3. What does Andy tell us about Claire in Chapter 7?

4. In Dag's story in Chapter 12, what bothers Otis about the postcard he receives from a friend in New Mexico?

5. In Chapter 1, what example does Andy give of Dag's considerate nature?

6. How and when do Andy and Claire meet?

7. Why does Claire choose the corner of Cottonwood and Sapphire Avenues for their picnic in Chapter 3?

8. In Chapter 1, how does Claire describe the date she had just been on?

9. In Chapter 1, what does Andy say worries him about his dogs?

10. In Chapter 14, what is Claire's theory of a "gripping stranger"?

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