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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. Who is the sibling that tries to stop them from kicking and making jokes about each other?
(a) No one.
(b) Jen.
(c) Randy.
(d) Ben.

2. What does Wallace decide to do in order to get rid of the brain tumor, though he is afraid of his choice?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Radiation.
(c) Surgery.
(d) Chemo.

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

4. While everyone loves this person, this person still drives everyone crazy with his/her silly and boundless energy. Who is it?
(a) Jen.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Ben.
(d) Randy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the person that knocks over the vase accidentally, which causes Wallace to wake up?

2. Some people in the town believe that all of the bad things that are happening are due to ___________ in retrograde.

3. Some of the local ____________ are taken to the local mental hospital in straitjackets, according to the story.

4. Jen resents the fact that she has to go clean a ____________ house for four hours as a part of her way to make money.

5. This New Age group likes to _________ strangers, which makes those new people uncomfortable when visiting the town.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Jen decide that she wants to clean houses for a living, at least at this point of the story?

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

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