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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Kathleen and Jen do the last time they were high on drugs, putting their lives in danger?
(a) Go to a boxing match.
(b) Swim in the ocean.
(c) Sleep with men.
(d) Drive around.

2. Jen is reminded of the way people avoid looking at those with ____________ when she sees how people look at Wallace.
(a) Disabilities.
(b) Children.
(c) Bruises.
(d) Injuries.

3. Who decides that he is too busy to go to the hospital as he is getting ready to go to college?
(a) Eric.
(b) Tom.
(c) Randy.
(d) Ben.

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

5. Where is the hospital that Megan and Jen are going to in order to see Wallace on his discharge day?
(a) Santa Monica.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Diego.
(d) San Francisco.

6. What does Wallace decide to drink with the kids upon his arrival home?
(a) Wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Water.
(d) Juice.

7. Whose parents died of a double suicide ten years previously, which may explain a lot about this character?
(a) Wallace's.
(b) Eric's.
(c) Sarah's.
(d) Kathleen's.

8. What is on the face of the creature that is following Jen in her scary dream?
(a) Strange markings.
(b) A bright light.
(c) A tattoo.
(d) Open wounds.

9. Where is Megan going to go when she has to go back to school in the fall?
(a) Eureka.
(b) Redding.
(c) Portland.
(d) Spokane.

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

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

12. 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) Cat.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Tennis racket.
(d) Stick.

13. 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.

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

15. Megan's great-aunt used to have a __________ named Damocles, before her husband made her give it up.
(a) Cat.
(b) Dog.
(c) Fish.
(d) Horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Randy decides that he wants to dress Jen up as a _________ for her ride and he goes to find the appropriate clothing.

3. What does Jen do when she needs to scream in order to deal with the idea of Wallace's brain tumor?

4. What is the most impressive part of Wallace, according to the siblings, when he first arrives and they take a look at him?

5. What does the doctor say that the lump on her body is, and Jen pretends she knew this along?

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