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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. In what year did Will Shepherd's father kill himself?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1966.

2. What is the name of Patrick's first son?
(a) Paul.
(b) Peter.
(c) Prentice.
(d) Padraic.

3. How much time does Barry promise her?
(a) Twenty minutes.
(b) Fifteen minutes.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) Ten minutes.

4. How did the coach describe him?
(a) "... like a bird in flight."
(b) "... as an eagle flies."
(c) ".... as the wind flies."
(d) "... as an arrow flies."

5. What is Maggie's second husband's name?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Phillip.
(c) Peter.
(d) Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phillip do?

2. Who does Patrick name his hotel after?

3. What does the doctor tell her she's left out at the end of it?

4. What does Maggie find in Patrick's pocket after Allen is born?

5. How does Phillip find them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Maggie make the decision to shoot Phillip?

2. What two events in the park change Will?

3. How do Patrick O'Malley and Maggie Bradford meet?

4. Why is Maggie writing all of this from a prison cell?

5. Who records Maggie's song first and how does Maggie feel about it?

6. Why has Maggie decided to write her story?

7. What are the issues that bring Phillip to the edge of insanity and make him want to kill his family?

8. What happens when Maggie performs for the first time herself?

9. How does Will handle his first meeting with Maggie?

10. What advice does Barbra give Maggie?

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