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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. Where does Dag think an angel will take him when he dies?
(a) Wherever he wants to go.
(b) Into the sun.
(c) To paradise.
(d) Under the sea.

2. Who is Curtis?
(a) Dag's co-worker who he sometimes plays basketball with.
(b) Andy's jogging buddy.
(c) A man who has been stalking Claire.
(d) The boy who lived next door to Elvissa when she was young.

3. What does Tyler read in the car on the way back from his and Andy's Christmas Eve shopping trip?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) Mad Magazine.
(c) Vanity Fair.
(d) An Archie comic.

4. What does Andy find Dag scooping out of the common pool in Chapter 29?
(a) Beer cans.
(b) Pieces of ripped up paper.
(c) Plastic flowers.
(d) Socks and underwear.

5. According to Andy's brother, Tyler, whose birthday is January 8th?
(a) Mick Jagger.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Boy George.
(d) Michael Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 25, what does Andy say you have to live with when you're middle class?

2. Where do Claire and Tobias break up?

3. What does Tobias say his memory of life on Earth is?

4. Which group is Andy pleased to notice are not present at Bunny's party?

5. When Claire is storming out of his place, what word does Tobias use to describe her?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Andy, why will this year's Christmas holiday be different at the Palmer home?

2. Describe Bunny Hollander.

3. In Chapter 23 when Andy wakes up in the early morning and sees his friends asleep around him, how does he feel?

4. What does Andy do for his family on Christmas morning?

5. What types of people are in attendance at Bunny Hollander's New Year's Eve party?

6. In Chapter 17, what does Claire describe as her memory of life on earth?

7. In her story in Chapter 18, what does Elvissa notice about the apartment Curtis is staying at?

8. What does Dag do to the Aston Martin convertible that is parked not far from Larry's Bar?

9. In Chapter 28, what do we find out was the reason Tobias was attracted to Claire?

10. When Andy and Tyler go shopping on Christmas Eve, why does Andy believe people are looking at them strangely?

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