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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of feelings do Conrad and Jeanine share during their low point in life?
(a) Melancholy
(b) Wild.
(c) Genuine.
(d) Overwhelming.

2. What does Conrad feel responsible for?
(a) Jordan's death.
(b) Karen's death.
(c) The relationship between Cal and Beth.
(d) Beth's depression.

3. What emotion do Jeanine and Conrad share?
(a) Worthlessness.
(b) Self-doubt.
(c) Rebelliousness.
(d) Solemnity.

4. What is Cal's plan when Beth leaves in chapter 31?
(a) To sell the house.
(b) To take Conrad out of school.
(c) To move to Europe with Conrad.
(d) To put Conrad back in the mental hospital.

5. What is the best way to describe Conrad's depression?
(a) He is manic depressive.
(b) He doesn't tell anybody about it.
(c) He is numb.
(d) He is incredibly sad.

6. For what reason do Cal and Beth travel in chapter 24?
(a) A lawyer's convention.
(b) Solely to visit family.
(c) A golf tournament.
(d) A medical convention.

7. In the epilogue, what has Conrad finished doing?
(a) Dating Jeanine.
(b) Singing.
(c) Playing guitar.
(d) Seeing his therapist.

8. What do Cal and Beth argue about while they are on their trip?
(a) Whether or not Conrad needs to be punished.
(b) Beth leaving on her own to travel the world.
(c) Next year's vacation.
(d) Where to send Conrad for college.

9. Where does Conrad pick up Jeanine for a date in chapter 24?
(a) At school.
(b) At her work.
(c) At her house.
(d) At choir practice.

10. Who does Beth leave without saying goodbye to?
(a) Cal and Conrad.
(b) Cal.
(c) She says goodbye to both Cal and Conrad.
(d) Conrad.

11. What will Beth never forgive?
(a) Conrad and the fact that Jordan died instead of him.
(b) Conrad and his attempt to kill himself.
(c) Conrad embarrassing her.
(d) Conrad manipulating his father.

12. What does Beth decide to do in chapter 31?
(a) Go to counseling and move out.
(b) Go on a European vacation.
(c) Get a divorce and move across town.
(d) Go on a cruise to Mexico.

13. What does Beth seem to be proving when she gets back from the trip?
(a) That she misses Jordan.
(b) That she won't be manipulated.
(c) That she doesn't hate Conrad.
(d) That she wants to leave.

14. Where does Conrad fall asleep after his fight?
(a) In Con and Beth's room.
(b) In his bed.
(c) On the couch.
(d) At Jeanine's.

15. Who sends Conrad home after they find him walking the streets at night?
(a) Jeanine.
(b) Jeanine's mom.
(c) Beth.
(d) A police officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes Cal's performance in golf?

2. What do Conrad and Jeanine eat on their date?

3. Which of the following best describes Conrad's life at the end of the novel?

4. What is Conrad's first final in chapter 18?

5. How does Karen die?

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