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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best word to describe Beth?
(a) Perfectionist.
(b) Bossy.
(c) Clumsy.
(d) Intelligent.

2. How does Conrad spend his birthday?
(a) Visiting with Karen.
(b) Having lunch with Beth.
(c) Cleaning out the garage with Cal.
(d) Babysitting with Jeanine.

3. What does Cal want to believe?
(a) That Jordan will come back to them.
(b) That Conrad will get better.
(c) That somebody can fix his family.
(d) That somebody can help him.

4. What kind of person does Conrad perceive himself to be?
(a) A good person.
(b) A resentful person.
(c) A hateful person.
(d) A bad person.

5. In what class does Conrad have a pop quiz?
(a) History.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Trigonometry.
(d) English.

6. How did Conrad's brother die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Swimming accident.
(c) Sailing accident.
(d) Car accident.

7. What does Conrad believe that a person's life can be summed up in?
(a) A song.
(b) A bumper sticker.
(c) A poem.
(d) A classified advertisement.

8. What is Conrad's only escape?
(a) Jeanine.
(b) Music.
(c) His car.
(d) Swimming.

9. What does Beth complain about in chapter 6?
(a) Cal not working hard enough.
(b) Cal questioning Conrad.
(c) Cal not wanting to go to London.
(d) Cal breathing down Beth's neck.

10. What does Cal reflect on in chapter 6?
(a) His mentor in medical school.
(b) His mentor in law school.
(c) His own stay at a mental hospital.
(d) His own therapist.

11. What marks Conrad's happiest time in the novel?
(a) Spending time at the library.
(b) Driving.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Choir practice.

12. What is Beth envious of?
(a) Conrad's musical ability.
(b) Cal's ability to get away from home during the day.
(c) The vacation that Conrad and Cal are going on.
(d) The attention Conrad gets from Cal.

13. What is Cal's Christmas present?
(a) A trip to Spain.
(b) A new car.
(c) A new set of goggles.
(d) A signed book.

14. Why doesn't Karen want to keep in touch with Conrad?
(a) She wants to go back to the hospital.
(b) He reminds her of the hospital.
(c) He doesn't have the same interests.
(d) He brings her mood down.

15. What is the name of the wife of Cal's partner's?
(a) Susan Hanley.
(b) Nancy Hanley.
(c) Carole Lazenby.
(d) Jeanine Lazenby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Conrad's therapist?

2. Why doesn't Conrad tell Beth about quitting the team?

3. What day of the week is it in chapter 8?

4. Which of the following is Conrad's second goal?

5. Who does Cal have lunch with in chapter 11?

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