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

2. Where does Conrad's family go for Christmas?
(a) Cal's parents' home.
(b) Beth's parents' home.
(c) Texas.
(d) London.

3. In Conrad's dream, what is he trapped in?
(a) A cave.
(b) A tunnel.
(c) A swimming pool.
(d) A classroom.

4. What kind of memory does Conrad have when he asks out a girl to go on a date?
(a) A sad memory about Jordan.
(b) A pleasant memory about Beth and Cal.
(c) A melancholy memory about Karen.
(d) A pleasant memory about Jordan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Conrad and Karen get together in Chapter 7?

2. How did Conrad's brother die?

3. What does Beth believe that Conrad is doing?

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

5. Why doesn't Conrad tell Cal about quitting the team?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cal's first appointment with Dr. Berger.

2. What does Conrad's dream of being confined in a tunnel represent?

3. Describe the new goals that Conrad sets for himself.

4. Looking at Beth's perfectionist personality, why does Conrad upset her so much?

5. How was attention called to Conrad's issues before he went to the mental hospital?

6. The morning that the novel starts, what things does Conrad wonder?

7. In chapter 14, what does Dr. Berger suggest the real problem is?

8. Describe Conrad's meeting with Karen.

9. Why doesn't Conrad first reveal that he had a brother to Dr. Berger?

10. How does Conrad feel he has let Beth down?

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