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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens a few years later, though it does not change their relationship? Jen __________ Kathleen.
(a) Leaves.
(b) Seduces.
(c) Hits.
(d) Moves away from.

2. Who comes to visit Jen in November, taking her out for coffee and then comes back to her cabin to make love?
(a) Kathleen.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Eric.
(d) Michael.

3. What is the name which Jen uses to describe the tumor as well as the other irritations in her life at the time?
(a) Lumpoid masses.
(b) Annoyances.
(c) Cancer bombs.
(d) Stupid tumors.

4. What was Jen chasing in the dream that makes her wake up screaming during this section of the story?
(a) Wallace.
(b) Snake.
(c) Cat.
(d) Dwarf.

5. 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.

6. What is the new symptom of Wallace's that makes the entire family worried about his condition?
(a) Too much energy.
(b) Hiccups.
(c) Coughing.
(d) Fatigue.

7. When Wallace shows up at Jen's, where does he ask her to take him so that he can find out some news?
(a) Hospital.
(b) A pharmacy.
(c) Grocery store.
(d) Bar.

8. What does Jen use to hit her bed with when she is worried about her father and about the way he's ruined her night?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Cat.
(c) Tennis racket.
(d) Stick.

9. What does Jen do when she needs to scream in order to deal with the idea of Wallace's brain tumor?
(a) Swims.
(b) Runs to the cliff.
(c) Breaks things.
(d) Turns on the radio.

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

11. Who is the reclusive neighbor that walks by Jen and she is afraid that he might kill her?
(a) Moonboy.
(b) Eric.
(c) Hulk.
(d) Travis.

12. What does the doctor recommend two weeks of in order to make sure the tumor doesn't come back?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Vacation.
(c) Drug therapy.
(d) Chemotherapy.

13. Who is the person who decides to drive Wallace to his radiation therapy for the next few weeks?
(a) Jen.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Randy.
(d) Ben.

14. How much money has Jen been living on each week, which leads her to believe that she needs to earn more?
(a) $20.
(b) $40.
(c) $100.
(d) $10.

15. Wallace and Jen talk about whether they think ________ has anything to do with the problems that Wallace has had.
(a) Karma.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) Genetics.
(d) The family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wallace warns his kids when they get back that now would be a very bad time to do _______, and they promise not to do it.

2. What does Randy suggest that Jen ride in when she returns from the hospital visit with Wallace?

3. Who decides that he is too busy to go to the hospital as he is getting ready to go to college?

4. Megan believes that it's __________ that Wallace should have ever had a brain tumor to begin with, in her opinion.

5. 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?

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