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

2. What restricted the intimate moments between Bruce and Nola?
(a) Not much alone time.
(b) Nola's mother.
(c) She had a schizophrenic personality.
(d) Bruce's father.

3. Why did Bruce leave at the end of the summer?
(a) To start his residency.
(b) To return to law school.
(c) To work on the railroad.
(d) To hike around Europe.

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

5. What does Bruce wonder as he stands in front of the house?
(a) If anyone is still awake.
(b) The house is well maintained.
(c) He would like to buy the house.
(d) It's amazing the house is still there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose wedding to Bruce and Nola plan to attend?

2. What does Bruce suspect is the reason Nola did not want to make love at the cabin?

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

4. What does Bruce recall about himself as a youth?

5. Why had Nola's ex-boyfriend come to visit her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Bruce do when it became apparent that Bailey was hitting on Nola?

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

3. What does the author reveal about the way Chet had died?

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

5. What was the only life Bruce had ever envisioned for his future?

6. How did Nola avoid having sex with Bruce in the cabin that weekend?

7. What factors must Bruce weigh in making decisions for his future?

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

9. Other than leaving Nola, what complicated Bruce's decision regarding going to law school?

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

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