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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 is Rachel's brother sick with?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Pancreatic cancer.
(c) Brain cancer.
(d) Leukemia.

2. After Bud runs away, he returns home. What do his parents threaten him with?
(a) Cutting off his weekly allowance.
(b) Sending him to an uncle in Tennessee.
(c) Sending him to live with his brother.
(d) Locking him in his room at night.

3. After Rachel tells her brother to consider smoking weed, what is his answer?
(a) He says smoking weed reminds him of his ex-boyfriend.
(b) He says, "Good idea," and takes the joint from her hand.
(c) He says he does not want anything anymore.
(d) He says smoking weed makes him more nauseous.

4. What is the reason Bud believes girls like him?
(a) For his good looks.
(b) For his aloofness.
(c) For his intelligence and street smarts.
(d) For his charm and sense of humor.

5. What organization does Bud's father belong to?
(a) The Republican's for Freedom Society.
(b) John Maple Society.
(c) John Birch Society.
(d) The Garden and Horticultural Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bud describe himself when he was in elementary school?

2. At Cecelia's wedding, Bud learns that his parents are divorcing. What does his father do when his wife tells him she wants a divorce?

3. What profession does Frankie give up on in Nepal after realizing she cannot do it?

4. When Tara recalls her 3-year-old self, what does she remember that the Nepali government banned?

5. What genre of fiction did Bud love to read as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Nadia and Rachel first meet Ethan, Kirk's new boyfriend.

2. What does Tara's former boyfriend, whom she dates in her 20s, tell her about money?

3. What does Saul tell Rachel is one reason why Kirk wants them to break up after Saul is diagnosed with cancer?

4. When Frankie first meets Matthew, what does he tell her he wants to do?

5. What story does Bud tell Lizzie and her roommates after he runs away to her apartment?

6. When Bud goes to his late father's house with his siblings, what does he give up?

7. How does Bud describe his relationship with Sally?

8. How does Rachel describe the personality of the nickname "Sister Susie," which Kirk fondly calls her?

9. What happens when Bud runs away from home for the first time?

10. Rachel describes her brother as "a total pill." How does Saul's illness affect his character?

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