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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beverly try to do to handle the hostility between her and Mark?
(a) She yells at Mark.
(b) She tries to use humor.
(c) She calls to the interviewer.
(d) She walks away.

2. What has caused regular visits between Joe and his family to be prohibitive?
(a) Hospital expenses and long distance.
(b) Job and school demands.
(c) Rules of the hospital.
(d) Nature of his disease.

3. How does Steve feel about seeing his father?
(a) He is relieved.
(b) He is elated.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is scared.

4. What does the interviewer suggest that surprises Agnes?
(a) To have Felicity leave the cottage.
(b) To speak to Agnes alone outside of the cottage.
(c) To talk to Felicity alone.
(d) To talk to Agnes too.

5. Why does Brian think Beverly has not returned to him?
(a) Because she is happy.
(b) Because he is dying.
(c) Because he continues to write.
(d) Because he laughs at life and death.

6. Which of the following is the best synonym for the term affable?
(a) Sociable.
(b) Likable.
(c) Unwilling.
(d) Generous.

7. Which of the following is true about the way Agnes treats Felicity?
(a) She constantly tries to change the topic.
(b) She caters to her every whim.
(c) She acts as if nothing is wrong.
(d) She treats her as if she is already dead.

8. How is the interview process explained to Joe?
(a) It is the hospitals way of talking to the people in the cottage.
(b) It is the manner in which the patients can tell their story.
(c) The hospital wants to be sure that no one is infected.
(d) The patients need to ensure all of their affairs are in order this way.

9. Which of the following best describes how Joe feels about talking to a voice when he is unable to see the person?
(a) Resigned.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Judgmental.
(d) Awkward.

10. Why does Felicity continue to lash out at the interviewer?
(a) She does not like discussing her disease or feelings.
(b) She doesn't like being observed in her private place.
(c) She is tired and would rather be in bed.
(d) She is angry about her body being ravaged by the disease.

11. Why is Joe's interview halted?
(a) Joe has asked for a break.
(b) Another patient needs the interviewer.
(c) Joe has become ill.
(d) His family has arrived.

12. Who comes in while Mark is putting away Brian's medications?
(a) Interviewer.
(b) Steve.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Beverly.

13. Why was Joe released from the hospital?
(a) Because there was nothing else they could do for him.
(b) To spend time with his family.
(c) To be able to keep track of his progress more carefully.
(d) To keep others from catching his illness.

14. What does Joe tell the interviewer was his second reaction to learning about his terminal condition?
(a) Anger.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Fear.

15. How does Beverly feel about the information that Mark shares with her?
(a) She finds it uncomfortable.
(b) She tells Mark that he is lying.
(c) She cannot process the information because she is drunk.
(d) She doesn't understand what he is saying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Beverly tell Brian that he had lost?

2. About how old is Felicity?

3. What does Brian say about day-to-day basis life can be?

4. What does Joe believe his illness has made him more of?

5. What does Felicity do to try and block out the interviewer's voice?

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