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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 the doctor recommend two weeks of in order to make sure the tumor doesn't come back?
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) Vacation.
(c) Drug therapy.
(d) Radiation.

2. What is the most impressive part of Wallace, according to the siblings, when he first arrives and they take a look at him?
(a) The bruise between his eyes.
(b) His smile.
(c) Stitches.
(d) His necklace.

3. What do Kathleen and Jen decide to go get when Wallace goes back to sleep after a visit with them?
(a) Beer.
(b) A bag of chips.
(c) Wine.
(d) Ice cream.

4. Kathleen and Jen discuss the various effects that _________ can have on a person's brain, even destroying it.
(a) Pictures.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Worry.
(d) Drugs.

5. What does Wallace decide to drink with the kids upon his arrival home?
(a) Beer.
(b) Wine.
(c) Water.
(d) Juice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a woman that Jen knows carry around with her in case she is ever in a situation where she found out she could not recover?

2. What does Randy suggest that Jen ride in when she returns from the hospital visit with Wallace?

3. Who decides to come with Jen to the hospital on the day that Wallace is going to be discharged?

4. What is the new symptom of Wallace's that makes the entire family worried about his condition?

5. Jen begins to write about abuse she suffered at _________ hands when she returns to her typewriter.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Megan think about people like Wallace who get brain tumors for no apparent reason?

2. What begins to happen to Wallace as he starts his weekly radiation treatments, to which Jen drives him?

3. What happens when Jen gets a phone call later in the day, inviting her to come to a party with others?

4. What do Kathleen and Jen decide to do when Wallace is going to lay down for a nap for a while?

5. What is the embarrassing memory that Jen and Wallace share as they are talking about tumors and karma?

6. Why doesn't Randy go to see his dad when his dad is finally being released from the hospital?

7. What is the most noticeable difference in Wallace when he is home and healing from his surgery?

8. What are the criteria that Jen has in terms of deciding whether or not to take a job that she is offered by another?

9. What is the agreement that Jen makes with Megan before they go to see Megan's great aunt Honey?

10. What does Jen do when she turns on the radio, trying to work out a new feeling she has about the tumor Wallace has?

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