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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bernie want Will to do?
(a) Invest in a retirement community.
(b) Sign up for the senior golf tour now that he's old enough.
(c) Join him in a business venture.
(d) Give Marion's Rolls Royce to him.

2. Which of the following is NOT a trip that Will remembers taking with his wife?
(a) To Asheville to see her attorneys.
(b) To Charlotte, Chapel Hill, and Durham for games.
(c) Going to see plays in Raleigh.
(d) Going shopping in town.

3. What does Will propose that he do for Slocum's law office?
(a) Put them out of business.
(b) Become a partner.
(c) Provide them with a new building.
(d) Work as a clerk.

4. What does the dog do when Will falls into the greenhouse?
(a) Wags his tail and waits for Will to get up.
(b) Runs to hide.
(c) Licks his face.
(d) Bites his hand again.

5. What does Will propose to do for the man he met on the bus?
(a) Hire him as a cook.
(b) Put him to work as a contractor building homes.
(c) Have him help Allison with the garden.
(d) Give him a job selling home loans.

6. What do Mr. Ryan and Mr. Arnold get into a fight about?
(a) Food.
(b) Watching television.
(c) A woman.
(d) Politics.

7. When they leave the greenhouse, what does Will realize he doesn't have?
(a) His medication.
(b) His car keys.
(c) An address.
(d) Money.

8. What does the doctor think is wrong with Allison?
(a) That she has a concussion.
(b) That she's on drugs.
(c) That she has schizophrenia.
(d) That she's pregnant.

9. What fruit does Allison tell Will she has just been eating when he arrives?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Apples.
(c) Pawpaws.
(d) Bananas.

10. Where did Father Weatherbee spend fifty years of his life?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) China.
(c) India.
(d) Indonesia.

11. What is the one part about her new life in the greenhouse that Allison doesn't like?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Not having enough to eat.
(c) Not having a job.
(d) Always being dirty.

12. How old was Will when we went on the cross country trip with his father?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Twelve.

13. What is the area of the cave called where Will makes his nesting place?
(a) The Chimney.
(b) The Hideaway.
(c) The Crawl.
(d) The Theater.

14. What familiar sight does Will see on a tree branch before entering the cave that affects his dreams while he's there?
(a) An owl.
(b) A golf ball.
(c) A cicada shell.
(d) A hawk.

15. What time of day is it when Kitty wakes Will in his car?
(a) Early morning.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Night.
(d) Late morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Allison think she should work with comatose patients?

2. What does Leslie leave for Will in his room at the nursing home?

3. Who does Allison think Will is when he first arrives at the greenhouse?

4. What word is Allison unsure of?

5. What does Allison tell Will she never wants to do?

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