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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Kathleen to have to leave early in the morning, even though she promised to talk with Jen?
(a) A phone call.
(b) Work.
(c) A man.
(d) Nothing.

2. Jennifer's family lives in the state of ______________ in a castle that some immigrants built when they first came over to America.
(a) Washington.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) California.
(d) Oregon.

3. What do the brothers not do with their father as they seem to think this is unmanly, even in the circumstances?
(a) Cry around him.
(b) Kiss him.
(c) Hug him.
(d) Talk to him.

4. What is the one subject that Eric doesn't want to talk about and that he becomes defensive about when Jen tries?
(a) Work.
(b) Emotions.
(c) The future.
(d) Books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Burn Out who receives $1000 a month just to stay out of his/her parents' hometown?

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

3. How does Jen call Kathleen when she realizes that she is not showing up for their meeting?

4. Who tells the kids that the way that Wallace looks is very normal after a surgery of this type?

5. What does the family have to cope with in regard to the situation with Wallace and his brain tumor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jen love to have Megan over to stay with her at her little home?

2. What happens when Jen gets really drunk after calling up Kathleen after their missed appointment?

3. How did Eric and Jen meet, according to the story that Jen tells in the book?

4. What does Kathleen offer as an explanation for what happened at Jen and her meeting?

5. What happens in order to wake Wallace up and to get him talking to his children in the room?

6. What does the family do in the days leading up to Wallace's surgery, trying to forget about what's to happen?

7. What does Sarah say is completely normal when the children walk into the hospital room?

8. Why was the ancient castle built in San Francisco, according to the story's details?

9. What does Megan wish that Jen would do in relation to Jen's boyfriend, Eric?

10. What does Jen know will happen every time she schedules a meeting with Kathleen?

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