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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Mrs. Forburg say she was married?
(a) Twelve years
(b) Eight years
(c) Two years
(d) Eighteen years

2. What does Kate eat on the last afternoon of her life?
(a) Mashed potatoes
(b) Tomato soup
(c) A scrambled egg
(d) Nothing

3. What does Teresa say about the condition of the woman with breast cancer about the same time that the woman with pancreatic cancer dies?
(a) She's in remission
(b) She's denying that there's anything wrong
(c) She died
(d) She's in a great deal of pain

4. What does the little girl named Hettie say to Kate?
(a) She likes Kate's tree
(b) She wants to come visit
(c) She likes how the wheels are decorated
(d) She's sorry Kate is sick

5. Why does Jules quit her job?
(a) She wants to move closer to Ellen
(b) She finds a position with a great deal more money
(c) Her boss demands she write an account of her friendship with Ellen
(d) She decides she wants to be a nurse

6. Who does Ellen say comes to visit?
(a) Only family
(b) No one but the delivery man
(c) A few of Kate's closest friends
(d) The Minnies and the neighbors

7. Why does Jeff enter the back door of Mrs. Forburg's house?
(a) Police are watching the front
(b) To avoid the reporter and photographer
(c) He's trying to make Ellen laugh
(d) The carport is nearer the back door and it's raining

8. What is the pattern on the curtains in the living room?
(a) Checks
(b) Clouds
(c) Flowers
(d) Stripes

9. What kind of creature does Ellen find in the trash one night?
(a) An oppossum
(b) A raccoon
(c) A cat
(d) A dog

10. What color are the curtains in Mrs. Forburg's kitchen?
(a) Yellow
(b) Pink
(c) Blue
(d) White

11. What was Ellen's role in the mock trial when she was in school?
(a) She was the prosecutor
(b) She was a member of the jury
(c) She was the judge
(d) She was the defendant

12. What color are Ms. Duane's eyes?
(a) Blue
(b) Green
(c) The book doesn't say
(d) Brown

13. What kind of earrings is Teresa wearing?
(a) Gold hoops
(b) Turqoise dangles
(c) Pink bows
(d) Silver studs

14. Why does Ellen say she can't be angry with George?
(a) Because she can't afford to
(b) Because she'd kill him
(c) Because it would upset her mother
(d) Because he's suffering as well

15. What was George drinking on the night Ellen came downstairs for milk to find her parents at the dining room table?
(a) Soda
(b) Cocoa
(c) Brandy
(d) Milk

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kate say she read the books she and Ellen read as a "book club?"

2. What movie does Ellen watch the evening she's home alone?

3. What does Ellen say her mother had nightmares about?

4. What month does Ellen say is suitable for dying?

5. What is the view Kate has from her hospital bed?

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