3. How did Felicity and Agnes learn about what happened to Claire?
(a) They hired someone to find her.
(b) They read about it in the paper.
(c) They received a letter.
(d) They got a call from the police.

4. How does her feeling change?
(a) She gets lost in sadness.
(b) She becomes angry.
(c) She is overwhelmed.
(d) She becomes more confused.

5. What does Maggie do that symbolizes her acceptance of Joe's impending death?
(a) Goes into the cottage.
(b) Tells her husband she loves him.
(c) Talks to her son about Joe's condition.
(d) Takes Joe's hand.

6. What happens when Beverly and Mark rush to Brian's side?
(a) He begins to cry and ask for help.
(b) He asks them to help him to the couch.
(c) He tells them he wants to be left alone.
(d) They take him back to the hospital.

7. In what way does Agnes relent briefly to the interviewer's idea?
(a) She agrees to talk to the interviewer again.
(b) She agrees to stop writing letters.
(c) She allows someone to come in and check on Felicity.
(d) She allows Felicity to go back to the hospital.

8. What does Felicity's mental state keep her in?
(a) A fantasyland where she is not ill.
(b) A perpetual state of memory.
(c) A realization of her disease.
(d) A calm and peacful existance.

9. What does Brian tell the interviewer about people?
(a) They don't know how to say goodbye.
(b) They don't understand death.
(c) They don't want to let go.
(d) They don't appreciate honesty.

10. Which of the following characters remains in denial the longest?
(a) Mark.
(b) Joe.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Beverly.

11. What is a part of the dying process for each of the patients?
(a) Getting their affairs in order.
(b) Explaining their illness.
(c) Finding their spirituality.
(d) Reviewing their lives.

12. Why does Mark say that Beverly has such an elevated position on the topic of the dying process?
(a) She left Brian.
(b) Because she's not there every day watching it.
(c) Because she doesn't really understand it.
(d) She hasn't talked with the doctors yet.

13. What does Beverly say that Mark's life is based on?
(a) Grief.
(b) Bargaining.
(c) False hope.
(d) Illusions.

14. How does Beverly seem to handle stress?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Singing.
(d) Drinking.

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