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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whom does everyone keep comparing Leslie to?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Jack Curl.
(c) Will's father.
(d) Marion.
2. What does Will wear when he leaves the nursing home to get Allison from the greenhouse?
(a) A suit and tie.
(b) His pajamas.
(c) A polo shirt and khakis.
(d) The cardigan that Leslie gave him.
3. How many sleeping pills a day does Will allow himself to take?
(a) Nine.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.
4. What does Allison do for Will after his fall?
(a) She goes to find help.
(b) She takes care of him.
(c) She calls the doctor.
(d) She calls his daughter.
5. What animal does Will keep dreaming of in the cave?
(a) A bear.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A bat.
6. What does the narrator chalk up Kitty's "new age" beliefs to?
(a) He suggests that Kitty is crazy, too.
(b) Dr. Duk has influenced her.
(c) He says we're all Californians now.
(d) Allison's beliefs have influenced her.
7. What does Will say when Jack suggests that he take up railroading?
(a) He's going back to Allison.
(b) He'd rather watch movies.
(c) He's taking up senior golf.
(d) He's taking up the pipe.
8. What nickname does Will give his father when he is talking to him in his head?
(a) Old Badger.
(b) Old Fox.
(c) Old Mole.
(d) Old Snake.
9. What event did Will miss while he was in the cave and at Allison's greenhouse?
(a) Kitty's birthday party.
(b) Leslie's wedding.
(c) His own birthday party.
(d) Bernie's Senior Golf Tournament.
10. Complete the quote, "Everybody thinks that there are only two things: war which is a kind of life in death, and peace which is ______."
(a) "Life."
(b) "No kind of life."
(c) "The only kind of life."
(d) "A kind of death in life."
11. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of the rock formations inside Lost Cove Cave?
(a) Old Man of the Mountain.
(b) The Sleeping Tiger.
(c) The Captain.
(d) The Nuns.
12. Where did Father Weatherbee spend fifty years of his life?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) India.
(d) China.
13. What happens to Will after he gets cleaned up and heads out in his car again?
(a) He wrecks his car.
(b) He gets lost.
(c) He ends up driving back to the greenhouse.
(d) He drives to Georgia.
14. Whose deathbed quote comes to Will's mind as he looks at himself in the Mercedes rearview mirror?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) JEB Stuart.
(d) Robert E. Lee.
15. Why does Allison think she should work with comatose patients?
(a) Because she can read minds.
(b) Because she is strong and can lift them.
(c) Because they can't look at her.
(d) Because she has experience.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Bernie want Will to do?
2. How old was Will when we went on the cross country trip with his father?
3. What is the one part about her new life in the greenhouse that Allison doesn't like?
4. Will thinks that you don't actually learn anything in life that you didn't already know at what age?
5. What are the animals that Will finds when he is trying to escape from the cave?
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