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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. Where do Beth and Cal take Conrad when they get home from their trip?
(a) To see a movie.
(b) To a choir performance.
(c) To breakfast.
(d) To dinner.

2. How does Cal feel about the trip he takes with Beth?
(a) Pleased.
(b) Horrified.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Reluctant.

3. What comment from Beth causes Cal to drink too much when he is on vacation with Beth?
(a) That Cal is useless because he won't stop grieving.
(b) That Cal breathes down Conrad's neck.
(c) That Cal is an embarrassment.
(d) That Conrad is useless because he grieves so openly.

4. What do Cal and his partner discuss at work?
(a) Their new secretary.
(b) The new computers.
(c) Conrad's stay at the mental hospital.
(d) Beth's family.

5. How does Karen die?
(a) Overdose of medication.
(b) She cut herself.
(c) Carbon monoxide poisoning.
(d) Car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeanine ask questions about in chapter 30?

2. How does Conrad find out about Karen's death?

3. What is the best way to describe Conrad's depression?

4. What comment from Conrad does Beth dismiss as disrespectful?

5. What does Beth believe that Cal is obsessed with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Conrad prove that he is strong in chapter 24?

2. Why is Conrad so upset that he got in a fight?

3. When Cal and Beth are in Texas, why doesn't Beth discuss Conrad with her family?

4. Why is Conrad angry at Jordan?

5. Why doesn't Beth say goodbye to Conrad when she leaves?

6. What does Karen's death force Conrad to do?

7. What is Conrad's reaction to Beth's behavior at dinner in chapter 29?

8. Why does Conrad confront Cal about in chapter 31?

9. When and why did Arnold stop mentoring Cal?

10. Describe the trip that Cal and Beth took to Spain.

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