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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jamie feel after reuniting with his mother for the afternoon?
(a) Contented.
(b) Angry.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Confused.

2. What smoking product does Jamie prepare for Granda?
(a) Cigar.
(b) Pipe.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Rolled cigarettes.

3. What does Granda, in a mischievous mood, dare Jamie to do?
(a) Make prank phone calls.
(b) Go skinnydipping.
(c) Climb a wall and check a church bell.
(d) Moon passing drivers.

4. Where does Granda want Jamie to be?
(a) Back home.
(b) At his bedside.
(c) Close to Gran.
(d) At a hotel.

5. How is Jamie's demeanor with Granda best described?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Patient.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Enthusiastic.

6. Which author's poetry does Jamie read?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Robert Burns.
(c) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(d) e.e. cummings.

7. Which of the following does NOT describe Jamie's mother when she spends the afternoon with him?
(a) Healthy.
(b) Coiffured.
(c) Disheveled.
(d) Smiling.

8. Who is Jamie's girlfriend?
(a) Kathryn.
(b) Carol.
(c) Karen.
(d) Kassie.

9. Jamie misses the smell of ___________ on Karen's skin.
(a) Vanilla.
(b) Cocoa butter.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Jasmine.

10. How long has Jamie been visiting his grandparents when he receives a letter from his girlfriend?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

11. What is the priest's eulogy able to do?
(a) Clear Granda's name of the misappropriation accusations.
(b) Stir up more grief for Gran.
(c) Calm Jamie's nerves.
(d) Console the mourners.

12. Which of the following does NOT describe Granda's behavior with Jamie?
(a) Coughing.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Cursing.
(d) Ill-tempered.

13. Beside whose grave is Granda buried?
(a) His sister's.
(b) Gran's.
(c) His mother's.
(d) His father's.

14. What had Jamie's mother chosen over Jamie throughout most of her life?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Work.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) An abusive husband.

15. Jamie notes that Gran often lives __________________.
(a) Day to day.
(b) On the edge.
(c) Vicariously.
(d) In the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granda do while lying in bed?

2. Who harasses Jamie while at the club?

3. Where does Jamie's girlfriend live?

4. Who is Jamie surprised to see in church at Granda's funeral?

5. In what city does Fergus McCluskey do his work?

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