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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 40-Epilog.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard do that improves his enjoyment of the event?
(a) Focuses on his wife.
(b) Has several cocktails.
(c) Chats with an old friend.
(d) Donates anonymously.

2. Richard and Leslie discuss letting Dickie know about ___________________________.
(a) their plans to move.
(b) Richard's illness.
(c) the new baby.
(d) their fights and marriage lessons.

3. In the epilogue, Richard thinks about ____________________.
(a) a new career.
(b) love.
(c) death.
(d) the parts that make the whole.

4. Richard puts a strong emphasis on building a life where one can find _________________.
(a) hope.
(b) financial security.
(c) love.
(d) peace.

5. Leslie recognizes that Richard does not really know how to talk to ___________________.
(a) Strangers.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Dickie.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 36, Richard wonders if good and evil are related to ____________________.

2. According to Richard, having a wife who is ________________ will make him a better person.

3. In Chapter 38, Dickie tells Richard that Dickie has to make a decision about ___________________.

4. What does Richard think is the secret of marriage?

5. The cracked dry earth where Dickie lives symbolizes _______________________.

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