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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mark do when Beverly follows Brian?
(a) He cleans up the mess that Beverly made.
(b) He goes into the kitchen to clean his jacket.
(c) He walks out of the cottage to clear his head.
(d) He drinks champagne straight from the bottle.

2. What does Agnes believe has kept Felicity alive for the past two years?
(a) Agnes's devotion to ther mother.
(b) The work of the hospitals.
(c) Anticipation of the letters.
(d) Her ongoing case of senility.

3. How does Joe describe his life?
(a) With painful memories.
(b) With a sense of futility.
(c) With a need to explain.
(d) With a great sense of peace.

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

5. What happened after Felicity heard the news?
(a) She became angry at everyone else.
(b) She started having hallucinations.
(c) She started treating Agnes in a mean way.
(d) She gave up her will to live.

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

7. What do all of the characters seem to say about life?
(a) It can never be explained well.
(b) It is never long enough.
(c) It goes by too fast.
(d) It is unfair.

8. Why does Maggie agree to enter the cottage for the first time?
(a) She has accepted Joe's imminent death.
(b) She needs to go inside with him.
(c) She wants to see her son.
(d) She knows that it is what Joe wants.

9. How does Beverly react to Mark's description about the dying process?
(a) She is perplexed.
(b) She is outraged.
(c) She is relieved.
(d) She is surprised.

10. How long was Claire gone before Felicity and Agnes knew what happened to her?
(a) A week.
(b) A year.
(c) A month.
(d) Five years.

11. What did Felicity manage after her husband died?
(a) Dairy farm.
(b) Hardware store.
(c) Grocery store.
(d) Fruit market.

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

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

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

15. Where had Claire gone?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) California.
(d) Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brian resolve to do?

2. Why does the interviewer believe Felicity will not allow herself to die?

3. What do Beverly and Mark both agree that Brian is?

4. What did Felicity refuse to do according to Agnes?

5. What technique does the author use to provide depth to the stories without adding a lot of additional dialogue?

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