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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 decides to come with Jen to the hospital on the day that Wallace is going to be discharged?
(a) Moonboy.
(b) Kathleen.
(c) Megan.
(d) Old Yeller.

2. Where does Jen find a lump on her body, causing her to worry that it might be cancer?
(a) Inner thigh.
(b) Arm.
(c) Hand.
(d) Breast.

3. What was the name of the man that Jen slept with a few times when Kathleen was getting a divorce?
(a) Tom.
(b) Eric.
(c) Jim.
(d) Kent.

4. Megan's great-aunt used to have a __________ named Damocles, before her husband made her give it up.
(a) Cat.
(b) Fish.
(c) Dog.
(d) Horse.

5. Who is the person who decides to drive Wallace to his radiation therapy for the next few weeks?
(a) Jen.
(b) Randy.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Ben.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to visit Jen in November, taking her out for coffee and then comes back to her cabin to make love?

2. What does Jen say that she thinks her problem is, rather than admitting she has a lump?

3. What happens a few years later, though it does not change their relationship? Jen __________ Kathleen.

4. Kathleen and Jen discuss the various effects that _________ can have on a person's brain, even destroying it.

5. What is NOT one of the rules that Jen has when she makes a decision to take a job or to not take a job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jen hurt by Kathleen's actions, even though Kathleen still doesn't want to change her plans for the night?

2. What does Colin say in a letter that he sends to Jen during the time of Wallace's recuperation?

3. What does the doctor tells Wallace about the tumor mass that they removed from his brain during the previous surgery?

4. What happens to Wallace which makes the family begin to question his health again?

5. What happens on the day that Wallace is discharged from the hospital after his surgery?

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

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

8. What is the worry that Jen has about being at parties, and what a person might ask her when she is there?

9. What does Jen think about the idea of scars on a person's face?

10. What does Jen think about the other people in the town that are very paranoid about their lives and their surroundings?

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