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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 nickname does Will give his father when he is talking to him in his head?
(a) Old Fox.
(b) Old Snake.
(c) Old Mole.
(d) Old Badger.

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

3. When Will and Allison leave the greenhouse, where does Will take her?
(a) Valleyhead.
(b) The Holiday Inn.
(c) The nursing home.
(d) His house.

4. What does Will say when Jack suggests that he take up railroading?
(a) He's taking up senior golf.
(b) He's going back to Allison.
(c) He's taking up the pipe.
(d) He'd rather watch movies.

5. What does Allison do for Will after his fall?
(a) She goes to find help.
(b) She calls the doctor.
(c) She takes care of him.
(d) She calls his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will propose to do for the man he met on the bus?

2. What is Leslie's nickname for Will?

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

4. Where did Father Weatherbee spend fifty years of his life?

5. What does Will want to do when he leaves the country club parking lot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Allison feel about doing the errands that Will asks her to do?

2. After Will falls into the greenhouse, what is it that makes Allison think she knows who he is before she sees his face?

3. What news does Kitty tell Will about her family when they talk in the parking lot of the country club?

4. What skills do the three old guys who Will befriends in the convalescent home possess?

5. What does Will take with him into the cave?

6. When Will is thinking things over in his Mercedes, what does he decide the name of the century should be?

7. What makes Allison feel like she needs another person in her life?

8. What urgent message does Bernie have for Will when Will gets back home after being away in the cave and the greenhouse?

9. What are the two things that Will has to tell Allison when he returns to the greenhouse?

10. Why does Will end up needing to be in Dr. Vance's daily care?

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