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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The box contains two stacks of letters, an envelope filled with pictures and _______________.
(a) A dried corsage.
(b) A rosary.
(c) Three books.
(d) A yearbook.

2. Why is Bruce intrigued by the box given to him by the funeral director?
(a) It has old photos taped to the outside.
(b) Aunt Margaret had kept it fo.r many years.
(c) It is very heavy.
(d) It is an odd shape.

3. Why was Bruce reluctant to leave his mother at home while he went to the prom?
(a) She was recovering from breast cancer surgery.
(b) His father had beaten her again.
(c) She had a sick migraine.
(d) She never got to go anywhere nice.

4. What complicates Bruce's post-college decision?
(a) Mr. Mulder offers shares in the business.
(b) Nola is pregnant.
(c) Mrs. Mason is terminally ill.
(d) Mr. Mason is killed in a car accident.

5. Why had Nola's sister married her new husband?
(a) She wanted to marry into money.
(b) She is a woman who can't be without a man.
(c) She fell instantly in love with him.
(d) To help her care for the children of her first marriage.

6. What was the reason Nola ran off with the person in #158?
(a) To get married.
(b) To enter a dance contest.
(c) To travel before settling down.
(d) To make him her singing partner.

7. What does Bruce believe about Nola and the first time he made love to her?
(a) She was ecstatic.
(b) She was a virgin.
(c) She was not a virgin.
(d) She was terrified.

8. Why was Bruce anxious to leave Nola's sister's wedding?
(a) To get back to school.
(b) To get away from her crazy relatives.
(c) To spend the night with Nola.
(d) To change into comfortable clothes.

9. The author uses the literary technique of ______________ to show Nola's future relationship with Bailey.
(a) Simile.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allegory.

10. What does Mature Bruce think that Nola would not have appreciated?
(a) Fine jewelry.
(b) Touring Europe.
(c) The books he loaned her.
(d) Champagne.

11. What is Bruce doing as Part 3, Chapter 6 begins?
(a) Bathing.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Reading.
(d) Eating.

12. Which one of Bruce's friends goes with Bruce and Nola to a cabin one weekend?
(a) Joe.
(b) Mark.
(c) Seth.
(d) Bailey.

13. What is the subject of the pictures that Bruce sees in the box?
(a) Holly's wedding.
(b) The homecoming game.
(c) Nola's sister's wedding.
(d) High school graduation.

14. What had been the only true aspiration Bruce had for himself?
(a) To become a business manager.
(b) To become a professor.
(c) To become a doctor.
(d) To become a lawyer.

15. What disease had stricken Bruce's brother?
(a) Heart Disease.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion did the Mulders practice?

2. Why did Bailey conspire to make Nola lose at the card game?

3. At what university is Bruce offered a fellowship?

4. How had Bruce viewed Joe's father when Bruce was a boy?

5. What did Bruce tell Nola to try to lift her spirits?

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