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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what city is Rudolph headed in Part 4, Chapter 6?
(a) San Antonio
(b) Houston
(c) Dallas
(d) Waco

2. What were Mary's last words?
(a) I'm sorry for not being a better mother
(b) Take care of each other
(c) Don't forget me
(d) Tell Axel I forgive him

3. Where does Rudolph keep an apartment?
(a) Boston
(b) New York
(c) Miami
(d) Philadelphia

4. What secret does Jane reveal to Rudolph on their honeymoon?
(a) She is very wealthy
(b) She is pregnant
(c) She still loves another man
(d) She is ill

5. What is consuming Gretchen's life in Part 3, Chapter 4?
(a) Getting a college degree
(b) Getting a job
(c) Issues related to Colin's death
(d) Losing weight

6. Gretchen feels that ____________ is taking over her life.
(a) Billy
(b) Grief
(c) Creativity
(d) Greed

7. Who is the only person who remembers Gretchen's birthday?
(a) Evans
(b) Rudolph
(c) Thomas
(d) Billy

8. What is the message that Rudolph gets while in Europe?
(a) Gretchen has remarried
(b) Thomas wants to see him
(c) Mary is dying
(d) Mr. Calderwood has died

9. What does Thomas receive from his mother?
(a) Old photographs
(b) A letter
(c) Party invitation
(d) Copy of a will

10. Which of the following is not one of the reasons Billy gives for his current unhappiness?
(a) Colin's death
(b) He does not fit in at the school
(c) His father's drinking habits
(d) He is failing in his classes

11. Who does Rudolph introduce to Gretchen as the assistant store manager?
(a) Brian Bane
(b) Bryant Hall
(c) Bradford Knight
(d) Bradley Whitfield

12. What does the man in #123 help Thomas to do?
(a) Tie different knots
(b) Learn Morse code
(c) Learn to cook
(d) Study for his third mate papers

13. In what city will Billy be going to boarding school?
(a) Philadelphia
(b) New York
(c) Boston
(d) Zurich

14. What does Gretchen ask Rudolph to do for Billy?
(a) Talk to him about not using drugs
(b) Get him a job at Calderwood's
(c) Get him assigned to a desk job during the war
(d) Lend him some money

15. Why do Rudolph and Thomas not make it back in time to see Mary before she died?
(a) They were drinking
(b) They were stuck in traffic
(c) They got lost
(d) They were picked up for speeding

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jean say when Rudolph asks her to marry him?

2. With whom is Gretchen fighting in the issues over her husband's death?

3. Where is Rudolph when Gretchen reads a letter from him?

4. What year is it in Part 4, Chapter 1?

5. What does Thomas do with his boat?

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