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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following describes how Mark feels about Beverly's behavior?
(a) He finds it intriguing.
(b) He is disgusted by it.
(c) He enjoys it.
(d) He doesn't know what to make of it.

2. What does the interviewer change the subject to?
(a) Death.
(b) Felicity.
(c) Claire.
(d) Life.

3. How does Brian feel about the argument over the spill on the jacket?
(a) He finds it hysterical.
(b) He doesn't know what to make of it.
(c) He finds it trivial.
(d) He finds it disturbing.

4. What is the last stage in the grief cycle?
(a) Denial.
(b) Anger.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Bargaining.

5. What does the interviewer tell Agnes Felicity is enduring?
(a) Physical and mental anguish.
(b) Senility which keeps her in the dark.
(c) Medical science's worst.
(d) A false sense of security and understanding.

6. What does the reality of terminal illness force people to do?
(a) Face death as a fact of life.
(b) Reevaluate life priorities.
(c) Support each other more.
(d) Fight harder to avoid death.

7. How does Agnes respond to the interviewer after he proposes his ideas?
(a) She takes her mother back to the hospital.
(b) She becomes angry.
(c) She tells the interviewer she has a headache.
(d) She refuses to talk anymore.

8. How does Agnes now describe Claire?
(a) As Felicity's favorite daughter.
(b) As the one that got away.
(c) As the trouble maker in the family.
(d) As the golden child.

9. It could be said that Joe and Felicity are further along in the acceptance of their disease than which of the following characters?
(a) Beverly and Mark.
(b) Brian.
(c) Their families.
(d) Agnes.

10. What do Joe and Maggie do while they sit outside of the cottage?
(a) Talk about why she won't go in the cottage.
(b) Argue about what to tell their son.
(c) Reminisce about their life.
(d) Talk about what it will be like when Joe is gone.

11. What do Beverly and Mark both agree that Brian is?
(a) The most patient man around.
(b) The best writer they have seen.
(c) More highly evolved spirtually.
(d) A man worthy of both of their love.

12. What is the first stage in the process of grieving?
(a) Anger.
(b) Denial.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Bargaining.

13. Which of the following was not one of the descriptions that Agnes used to describe Claire after her mother took over her husband's job?
(a) Pretty.
(b) High-spirited.
(c) Always arguing with their mother.
(d) In deep mourning for their father.

14. How does Agnes feel about the ideas the interviewer has presented?
(a) She is appalled.
(b) She is ashamed.
(c) She is reflective.
(d) She is surprised.

15. Which of the following is not something that Agnes suffers from?
(a) Psychosomatic headaches.
(b) Ongoing tiredness.
(c) Bouts of hysteria.
(d) Tension.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beverly say that Mark's life is based on?

2. What is a part of the dying process for each of the patients?

3. What does Brian try to incorporate into the process of grieving?

4. What does Beverly do for Brian?

5. What does Maggie do that symbolizes her acceptance of Joe's impending death?

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