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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is happening in the dream from which Kate awakes?
(a) She is falling
(b) She is watching her mother die
(c) She and Jonathan are biting each other
(d) She is driving into fog

2. What does Ellen first think she's hearing when she's wakened by her mother's cries?
(a) A siren
(b) The television
(c) A dog
(d) A baby

3. How much younger is Stevie than Kate?
(a) Two years
(b) Twelve years
(c) Four years
(d) He's actually two years older

4. What kind of vehicle does Jeff have?
(a) A Jeep
(b) A Toyota
(c) A Camry
(d) A Silverado

5. What do Ellen and Kate eat in the park?
(a) Cookies
(b) Bananas
(c) Peanut butter and jelly
(d) Blueberries

6. What does Kate say is her mother's opinion of Austen?
(a) That she's viscious against men
(b) That she's a poor writer
(c) That she's condescending to women
(d) That she's racist

7. Where did Ellen's Gulden grandparents run a summer camp?
(a) New York State
(b) Colorado
(c) Florida
(d) Oregon

8. Which of the following is not one of the activities Ellen describes having with her mother?
(a) Trips to restaurants
(b) Trips to movie theaters
(c) A trip to a museum
(d) A trip to the beach

9. What does Kate say she's done to cause her back to hurt?
(a) Thrown out a disc
(b) She says the cancer is causing the pain
(c) Bruised it
(d) Developed a kidney stone

10. What does Kate say Ellen would do as a child while she cooked?
(a) Run away
(b) Plead for tastes
(c) Stir flour and water together
(d) Read

11. What color is Ellen's room?
(a) Blue
(b) Pink
(c) Yellow
(d) Cream and maroon

12. What day was it that Ellen and her brothers went for ice cream?
(a) Thursday
(b) Saturday
(c) Monday
(d) Sunday

13. What color does Ellen say her father's hair is?
(a) Brown
(b) Blonde
(c) Black
(d) Grey

14. What does Ellen break just before preparing to leave?
(a) A pitcher
(b) A picture frame
(c) A porcelein bell
(d) A glass

15. How often does Kate go to the hospital for chemotherapy?
(a) Every nine days
(b) Every five days
(c) Every three weeks
(d) Every week

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the limits Dr. Cohn puts on Kate's activities?

2. Where did Stevie die?

3. What day does Jonathan unexpectedly drop in?

4. What is Jules' reaction to Ellen's news that she and her mother have formed a book club?

5. What is the store Ellen says her mother loves most?

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