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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 Wallace ask for when he wakes up, though Randy spills it as he is giving it to him?
(a) Booze.
(b) Juice.
(c) Water.
(d) Milk.

2. 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) Talk to him.
(d) Hug him.

3. How does Jen call Kathleen when she realizes that she is not showing up for their meeting?
(a) Bartender's phone.
(b) A cell phone.
(c) Pay phone.
(d) The gas station employee phone.

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

5. What does Jen learn about a week before Eric says that he will be leaving her?
(a) She's getting evicted.
(b) He's been sleeping around.
(c) She's pregnant.
(d) Her father's tumor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the town, _________ tend to be strange affairs with eclectic contents, depending on the focus of the day.

2. What is the occupation of Jen when the story first begins for the reader, though it is said she is bad at this on her own?

3. Miriam Brown is known as the town's most infamous __________ and she has one of her babies with her.

4. What does the family next door to Jen have which they always try to talk to her about, much to her displeasure?

5. On Thursdays, Jen cleans the home of a _________________ who is actually not all that he seems, in her opinion. And he tries to cheat her each week.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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