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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. By the time William reluctantly allows Julia to read his book, how long has he been writing it?
(a) Almost 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) Not quite 6 years.

2. When William first meets Julia's family, what poet does Charlie think William should know?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Longfellow.
(c) Emerson.
(d) Bryant.

3. How old are the twins when Julia is 21?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

4. After Alice is born, when do William and Julia move to a bigger apartment?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) May.

5. How much of a gap is there between when Sylvie stops sleeping at Julia and William's apartment and when she gets her own place?
(a) 10 weeks.
(b) 8 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color dress does Sylvie wear as matron of honor at Julia's wedding?

2. How many rules did Dr. Naismith have when he invented basketball?

3. Where is Kent from?

4. When Rose calls a family meeting for the first time after Charlie's death, how old is Izzy?

5. How long have William and Julia been married, when he leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Sylvie has to drop out of college, how is she able to reenroll?

2. Why does William not want to move into a larger apartment before the baby is born?

3. What is said about Charlie during his wake?

4. What does Julia realize about the way she convinced William to go to graduate school?

5. Where does Sylvie sleep during the three-month gap between when she stops sleeping at William and Julia's apartment and when she got her own place?

6. How do William and Julia meet?

7. After Charlie dies, what is the last conversation Sylvie remembers having with him?

8. What thoughts does William have after he lets Julia read his book?

9. What does William do when Julia finds out he has been missing classes?

10. In 1982, why does William have to quit playing basketball?

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