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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Sorry and Penny prepare to take to the potluck?
(a) A macaroni salad.
(b) An artichoke salad.
(c) A tuna salad.
(d) A lentil salad.

2. Who is with Norm when he dies?
(a) Penny.
(b) Amalia.
(c) Matt.
(d) Patrick.

3. Where is the hospital that Norm is housed at in 2016?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New Jersey.

4. How does Rob describe Jazz's ethnicity?
(a) Thai American.
(b) African American.
(c) Kurdish American.
(d) Chinese American.

5. What does Penny say her father used to take on boat rides for anxiety in 2016?
(a) Lithium.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Xanax.
(d) Valium.

6. What is Penny's father reheating at the barbecue pit when Penny approaches him in the beginning of the novel?
(a) A meatloaf.
(b) Stones for the sweat lodge.
(c) The jacuzzi.
(d) A broccoli casserole.

7. How much younger is Amalia than her eldest stepson?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 13 years.

8. How old is Penny when Norm dies?
(a) 21.
(b) 32.
(c) 23.
(d) 26.

9. What is Sorry's real name?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Stevie.

10. What word used in the novel refers to the practice among those with power or influence favoring relatives or friends by giving them jobs?
(a) Nepotism.
(b) Egalitarianism.
(c) Despotism.
(d) Anarchy.

11. What port city stands in the background of the 13-year-old girl who is introduced in the opening of the novel?
(a) London.
(b) Singapore.
(c) Cartagena.
(d) Shanghai.

12. Who solicits Penny for sex when she is leaving after arguing with Rob?
(a) Tony.
(b) Sorry.
(c) Matt.
(d) Jazz.

13. Penny's father tells her that there is no point in loving people if it makes you do what?
(a) Hate others.
(b) Live in the city.
(c) Lose money.
(d) Act phony.

14. How old is Norm when he dies?
(a) 75.
(b) 93.
(c) 82.
(d) 77.

15. What is the name of Norm's pet cat that Amalia brings to see him at the hospice center?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Rusty.
(c) Schubert.
(d) Jazz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Jazz out of town to visit prior to meeting Penny?

2. What style of hat is Penny's father said to be wearing in the sweat lodge in 2005?

3. Who is Matt's girlfriend in 2005?

4. What is the house theme at the DJD house?

5. How much taller is Rob than Penny?

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