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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 can Bruce and Nola spend a night alone together?
(a) A bed and breakfast.
(b) The Mulders' guest house.
(c) The ranch of one of Nola's relatives.
(d) A cheap hotel.

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

3. Where had Bruce spent his career as a diplomat?
(a) Africa.
(b) China.
(c) The Middle East.
(d) South America.

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

5. Whose home does Bruce walk to in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) The Sandersons.
(b) The Mulders.
(c) The Morgans.
(d) The Clarks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bruce and Nola hear on the the night they were at the cabin?

2. The only two members of Nola's family that Bruce likes are her brother and ____________.

3. What did Bruce and the girl in #103 do during the intermission at the dance?

4. Who had written the letter Bruce picks out of the box?

5. Who interrupts Bruce and Nola during the activity in #104?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bruce violate his instincts about bringing any friends into their home?

2. What had Bruce thought about Nola's family members?

3. Why does Bruce think more about his time with Nola than Chet when he returned for Chet's funeral?

4. What game did the couples play when Bruce and Nola accompanied Bailey and his girlfriend to a cabin one weekend?

5. What does Bruce recall about spending time at the Mulders' home?

6. What could account for Bruce's high opinion of himself as a young man?

7. How have Bruce's perceptions of Nola changed over the years?

8. How does the author show Bruce's affections for his mother regarding his going to the prom?

9. Why did Bruce and Nola have few intimate moments together?

10. How did Bruce separate himself from his own family in favor of the Mulders?

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