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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jen want to avoid when she is sitting and waiting for Kathleen to show up at their meeting place?
(a) Her thoughts.
(b) Megan.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Other bar patrons.

2. On what night of the week does Jen have a standing appointment with her dream consultant?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Friday.

3. Where does Eric tell Jen that he needs to go in order to begin to find himself and his true feelings?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Texas.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Wyoming.

4. Some of the local ____________ are taken to the local mental hospital in straitjackets, according to the story.
(a) New Agers.
(b) Burn Outs.
(c) Priests.
(d) Children.

5. This friend of Jen's tries to reassure her with a story about her family ________, even though the story doesn't end well.
(a) Fish.
(b) Cat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Horse.

6. How old is Jen's friend Megan, the one who sometimes stays with her at the cabin?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

7. What does Sarah say should go away in about a week, which will allow Wallace to look a little more normal?
(a) The stitches.
(b) Bruises.
(c) The scars.
(d) A green patch.

8. What is the name of the Burn Out who receives $1000 a month just to stay out of his/her parents' hometown?
(a) Frank Morgan.
(b) Fair Mama.
(c) Moonboy.
(d) Hippie Joe.

9. Who calls Jen to let her know that everything in the surgery went well and that Wallace was resting comfortably?
(a) Megan.
(b) Randy.
(c) Ben.
(d) Sarah.

10. _________ says that he is worried about how others will perceive him within this dream of a situation.
(a) No one.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Randy.
(d) Ben.

11. What starts blowing up in the town where Jen lives, something that is considered to be a strange event?
(a) Gas lines.
(b) Homes.
(c) Gas stations.
(d) Cars.

12. What does the family now have to wait for after the surgery, though they didn't realize it would be so long?
(a) Next chemo treatment.
(b) Biopsy results.
(c) To see Wallace.
(d) Wallace to wake up from the drug coma.

13. What's frustrating to Wallace is that he can only get ______ hour's worth of work accomplished in four hours, which is not the way it used to be.
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

14. What is the occupation of Jen when the story first begins for the reader, though it is said she is bad at this on her own?
(a) Cook.
(b) House cleaner.
(c) Bank teller.
(d) Writer.

15. Where do Jen and her dream consultant like to meet, though the consultant is always late for the meeting?
(a) The bookstore.
(b) A bar.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) Her cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. The nurse tells the children that Wallace isn't allowed to have so many _________ in his room.

2. At one point, Kathleen was married to a _____________, according to their conversations together.

3. Miriam Brown is known as the town's most infamous __________ and she has one of her babies with her.

4. What does a friend of Jen's do for this friend's mother in order to help alleviate the pain of dying?

5. ________ points out to the character in #86 that everyone knows what he is going through, so no one is going to criticize him for his actions.

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