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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Kathleen and Jen decide to go get when Wallace goes back to sleep after a visit with them?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) A bag of chips.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

2. Where do Kathleen and Jen decide to meet later that day in order to talk about Jen's issues?
(a) Bar.
(b) A library.
(c) Coffeeshop.
(d) Wallace's house.

3. Jen thinks about how nice it was to work at the __________ when she was working there.
(a) Monastery.
(b) Hot springs retreat.
(c) School.
(d) Hospital.

4. Jen rereads a letter from __________ later that night as she gets drunk and feels sorry for herself.
(a) Eric.
(b) Kathleen.
(c) Ben.
(d) Wallace.

5. What was the name of the man that Jen slept with a few times when Kathleen was getting a divorce?
(a) Eric.
(b) Jim.
(c) Kent.
(d) Tom.

6. What does Jen calculate when she gets up from her night's rest about a month after Wallace's surgery?
(a) Her years of life left.
(b) The number of hours until she can sleep again.
(c) The words she's written.
(d) Her monthly expenses.

7. Megan has a _________ that most adults lack, it seems, causing her to be a good person for Jen to talk to.
(a) Blunt honesty.
(b) New perspective.
(c) Life experience.
(d) Innocent quality.

8. Her old friend who comes to visit tells Jen that he/she already has a significant other in _____________.
(a) Pasadena.
(b) Alameda.
(c) Los Alamos.
(d) San Jose.

9. What is NOT one of the rules that Jen has when she makes a decision to take a job or to not take a job?
(a) She has to make minimum wage.
(b) She does not wake up to an alarm clock.
(c) She does not work under fluorescent lighting.
(d) She does not have to dress up.

10. What don't people want to do with Jen anymore since she is becoming harder to deal with?
(a) Go with her to Wallace's.
(b) Meet her for drinks.
(c) Sleep over.
(d) Read with her.

11. Jen confesses to Kathleen that she is doing ________ yoga in order to cope in her life right now.
(a) Prone.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Death.

12. Where does Jen find a lump on her body, causing her to worry that it might be cancer?
(a) Hand.
(b) Inner thigh.
(c) Arm.
(d) Breast.

13. What does Randy say that he has changed his mind on, given the circumstances with Wallace?
(a) His career.
(b) College.
(c) Work.
(d) His book.

14. What is Wallace baking for the first time when Jen arrives at the house for the dinner?
(a) Bread.
(b) Pot brownies.
(c) Cake.
(d) Cookies.

15. Who shows up for Thanksgiving and walks with Jen to Wallace's house?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Kathleen.
(c) Megan.
(d) Eric.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is only slightly less paranoid than the local mental patients in the town where the story is located?

2. Wallace and Jen talk about whether they think ________ has anything to do with the problems that Wallace has had.

3. Jen is reminded of the way people avoid looking at those with ____________ when she sees how people look at Wallace.

4. What is the new symptom of Wallace's that makes the entire family worried about his condition?

5. What is on the face of the creature that is following Jen in her scary dream?

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