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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 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) Gambling.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Drinking at a bar.

2. Who calls Jen in the middle of the night, but Jen hangs up on this person in her disgust?
(a) Ben.
(b) Megan.
(c) Randy.
(d) Kathleen.

3. The Burn Outs are the old hippies in town who did way too many drugs when they were younger and now cannot stop ______________.
(a) Crying.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Moving.
(d) Tripping.

4. What is the word that Wallace has troubles remembering, which prompts a trip to the doctor for testing?
(a) Tomato.
(b) Zucchini.
(c) Banana.
(d) Orange.

5. The siblings talk about how much they ________ each other and that they would have a hard time if one of them died.
(a) Bore.
(b) Detest.
(c) Like.
(d) Hate.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ points out to the character in #86 that everyone knows what he is going through, so no one is going to criticize him for his actions.

2. At the funerals in the town, people will ___________ whatever they think is appropriate for sending off a person they love or respect.

3. While there are times when Jen enjoys the shows that the Burn Outs provide for the town, most of the time they make her _____________.

4. How old is Jen's friend Megan, the one who sometimes stays with her at the cabin?

5. Which of the children still lives with his father, though this changes later on in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first sign that there is something wrong with Wallace, according to the story?

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

3. Why doesn't Megan believe that Jen cleans houses for a living, as she explains when they are talking?

4. Where are the children living at the beginning of the story?

5. Why doesn't Eric like to talk about his feelings when Jen tries to get him to do so?

6. Why does Wallace decide to make up a will before he goes into surgery?

7. What are the worries that Wallace has as he begins to undergo the process of removing the problem from his body?

8. What does Wallace share with his child to be his hopes for the health problem he now faces?

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

10. What is the finding of the doctor when Wallace goes in to find out more about the difficulties he's having?

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