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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. How old is Jen's friend Megan, the one who sometimes stays with her at the cabin?
(a) 10.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

2. When Jen calls Eric to talk about her emotions around the brain tumor, he tells her that he is sick of all the _____________ drama.
(a) Reality TV.
(b) Touchy-feely.
(c) Boring.
(d) Female.

3. What is the sport that Eric and Jen were playing when they first met each other?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Tennis doubles.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Volleyball.

4. What does the family next door to Jen have which they always try to talk to her about, much to her displeasure?
(a) Get rich quick scheme.
(b) Nudist colony.
(c) Worm farm.
(d) Library.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jennifer's family lives in the state of ______________ in a castle that some immigrants built when they first came over to America.

2. What is the part of himself of which Eric is self conscious, so Jen does not say anything about it?

3. Who does Jen call when she is upset about the tumor and this person comes immediately over to see her?

4. Wallace says that if he should become a vegetable that they ____________ pull the plug, according to his wishes.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the children so surprised that they get along when they are together in the present time?

2. What happens between the children before they decide to go into the hospital after the surgery?

3. What is the difference between regular funerals and the kinds of funerals which are given to those who have committed suicide?

4. What does Jen think about her next door neighbors, as she is walking to work one day?

5. What is the reason that Wallace is having some troubles talking, according to Sarah's report to the children?

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

7. What is the living situation of Jen at the beginning of the story and how did she come upon this arrangement?

8. What happens when one of the Burn Outs offers to give Jen a ride to her work one day?

9. What happens every Tuesday night in Jen's life, according to the story?

10. What has happened to all of Jen's male friends, or so she remembers when she is driving away from the hospital?

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