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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. How long does Olive stay in a regular hospital room?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 5 days.

2. Where did Olive have her heart attack?
(a) At home in bed.
(b) In her car.
(c) Driveway of her hairdressser.
(d) At a restaurant.

3. In "Friend," who does Olive start eating supper with?
(a) Jensons.
(b) Watsons.
(c) Chipmans.
(d) Myers.

4. What is the name of Bob's ex-wife?
(a) Meg.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Pam.

5. Who comes to visit after Olive falls?
(a) Ethel.
(b) Halima.
(c) Betty.
(d) Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Lisa MacPherson in "The End of the Civil War Days"?

2. In "Exiles," how often has Helen met Margaret Burgess?

3. What does Olive think of after being told that she was dead?

4. In "The Poet," how long has Olive been using a cane?

5. For how many years have the MacPhersons barely spoken to one another?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Olive's situation in "The Poet"?

2. Who does Jack see when he is in Shirley Falls with Olive, and what is that person doing there?

3. What is the main issue with the way that Fergus and Ethel live?

4. What are Bob and Jim doing for a living in "Exiles"?

5. What were the circumstances behind Olive's heart attack?

6. How do Olive and Isabelle start watching out for each other?

7. What happens to Helen at the end of "Exiles"?

8. Why does Olive decide she needs a typewriter, and how does she get one?

9. What does the park look like in "The End of Civil War Days" and how is it different from when Fergus was a kid?

10. What does Andrea say about meeting the president of the United States?

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