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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 did Kathleen and Jen do the last time they were high on drugs, putting their lives in danger?
(a) Sleep with men.
(b) Go to a boxing match.
(c) Drive around.
(d) Swim in the ocean.

2. What is the new symptom of Wallace's that makes the entire family worried about his condition?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Coughing.
(c) Hiccups.
(d) Too much energy.

3. What does Randy present as a gift to Wallace when he comes back into the room to see him?
(a) A certificate.
(b) The stuffed heron.
(c) A helmet.
(d) A large pitcher of beer.

4. What does Jen calculate when she gets up from her night's rest about a month after Wallace's surgery?
(a) Her years of life left.
(b) The words she's written.
(c) The number of hours until she can sleep again.
(d) Her monthly expenses.

5. Jen thinks about how nice it was to work at the __________ when she was working there.
(a) School.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Hot springs retreat.
(d) Monastery.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money has Jen been living on each week, which leads her to believe that she needs to earn more?

2. Wallace finds out that the tumor is _____________ when he finally receives his diagnosis.

3. Jen actually worries that the other people at the party will ask her if her father is _____________.

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

5. What is the scary man carrying in his hand when he says hello to Jen as she sits on the cliff?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the nightmare that Jen is having when the chapter first begins?

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

4. What does Jen decide that she needs to do in order to have more money in her life?

5. One morning, about a month after Wallace's surgery, what is the first thought in Jen's mind when she wakes up?

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

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

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

9. What does Jen tell Randy about their Uncle Colin when they are drinking and cleaning together?

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

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