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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Jen and Randy put up with from Ben as they realize that he is nervous about seeing his father in the hospital?
(a) The big brother lecturing.
(b) Teasing.
(c) His sour mood.
(d) His drunkenness.

2. On Thursdays, Jen cleans the home of a _________________ who is actually not all that he seems, in her opinion. And he tries to cheat her each week.
(a) Environmentalist.
(b) Republican attorney.
(c) Trust fund radical.
(d) Hindu disciple.

3. At one point, Kathleen was married to a _____________, according to their conversations together.
(a) Writer.
(b) Therapist.
(c) Artist.
(d) Surgeon.

4. What do the people next door to Jen remind her of, as she describes them for the reader?
(a) No one.
(b) Martians.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Her mother.

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

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

7. What is Wallace having trouble doing after his surgery, as a result of swelling in his brain?
(a) Writing.
(b) Moving.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Talking.

8. What does Jen think is happening with Eric when she wakes up in the night to find that he is not there anymore?
(a) Sleeping with someone else.
(b) Drinking at a bar.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Gambling.

9. Wallace says that if he should become a vegetable that they ____________ pull the plug, according to his wishes.
(a) Should.
(b) Should wait to.
(c) May need to.
(d) Should not.

10. What does Jen do as she is settling into bed as she realizes her pillow is getting dirty?
(a) Prays for her father.
(b) Throws up.
(c) Burns her pillowcase.
(d) Throws the cat at the wall.

11. Jen realizes she has no male friends in town who are over the age of ___________, aside from her brothers.
(a) 12.
(b) 19.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

12. Who tells Jen that she might as well stay with Eric since he is comfortable and convenient?
(a) Megan.
(b) Kathleen.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Ben.

13. Kathleen is clear about her inability to make ___________ in her life, which might be a sign of a disorder as well.
(a) Food.
(b) Decisions.
(c) Relationships.
(d) Commitments.

14. Jen finds her town irritating because of all of the conflicting ____________ it has, but it's the only home she has right now.
(a) Money structures.
(b) Weather patterns.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) Values.

15. How does Jen call Kathleen when she realizes that she is not showing up for their meeting?
(a) Bartender's phone.
(b) A cell phone.
(c) Pay phone.
(d) The gas station employee phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wallace decide to do in order to get rid of the brain tumor, though he is afraid of his choice?

2. _________ says that he is worried about how others will perceive him within this dream of a situation.

3. Eric and Jen have less of a romance and more of a friendship that is punctuated with ________, according to the book.

4. What is the word that Wallace has troubles remembering, which prompts a trip to the doctor for testing?

5. Jennifer's family lives in the state of ______________ in a castle that some immigrants built when they first came over to America.

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