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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 Sarah decide to go do in order to give the kids some space to see their dad on their own?
(a) Go to lunch.
(b) Go home to sleep.
(c) Walk the halls.
(d) Take a shower.

2. How many people does Jen work for during the week, allowing her to spend the rest of the time writing?
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. Some of the local ____________ are taken to the local mental hospital in straitjackets, according to the story.
(a) Children.
(b) Priests.
(c) Burn Outs.
(d) New Agers.

4. Jen realizes she has no male friends in town who are over the age of ___________, aside from her brothers.
(a) 19.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

5. What does Jen decide to do when she is sitting in her yard, not able to sleep because of the surgery?
(a) Write.
(b) Throw pebbles.
(c) Paint.
(d) Read.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jen thinks that _______ are the best gatherings she knows about, along with getting together at the bedside of a dying person.

2. The siblings decide that everyone in their family is ______________ anyway, so their psychoses don't matter.

3. Kathleen is clear about her inability to make ___________ in her life, which might be a sign of a disorder as well.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Jen do when the phone finally rings after Kathleen finally calls Jen back after her many calls?

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

6. What does Eric do on Easter when Jen is very sick and lying in bed in her cabin?

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

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

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

10. Why doesn't Jen decide to tell Eric about the brain tumor that her father has been diagnosed as having?

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