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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adds anger to the mix of emotions?
(a) Misunderstandings.
(b) Dying process.
(c) Pain of the diseases.
(d) Regrets.

2. What does Beverly do for Brian?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing.
(c) Cook.
(d) Clean.

3. Why do you think Agnes is more open to the idea of her mother's death?
(a) Her sister ran away.
(b) Her mother is older.
(c) She is tired of having to be fake for her mother.
(d) She already lost her father.

4. What does Beverly spill on Mark's jacket?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Wine.
(c) Soda.
(d) Coffee.

5. What does the letter reading incident lead Agnes to realize?
(a) Her mother has declined into senility.
(b) She can no longer care for her mother.
(c) She needs to put Felicity back in the hospital.
(d) Her mother is going to die.

6. What does Brian say that no one expects?
(a) To die from disease.
(b) Death to happen to them.
(c) To have to explain death to their family.
(d) To know someone who will die.

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

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

9. What does Mark's pain stem from?
(a) Realizing his salvation is dying.
(b) Watching the dying process daily.
(c) Jealousy over Brian's feelings for Beverly.
(d) Understanding what is happening to Brian.

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

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

12. What does the interviewer explain to Agnes what is happening to Felicity is called?
(a) Anger.
(b) Bargaining.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Denial.

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

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

15. Which of the following characters seems more resigned to the end of an unfulfilling life?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Joe.
(c) Felicity.
(d) Brian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mark doing before he came to live with Brian?

2. Why does Maggie want to have all of the good and bad moments of her life with Joe back?

3. What happens when Beverly spills something on Mark's jacket?

4. Why doesn't Agnes believe that what she is doing is wrong?

5. What does Joe think about that has made him angry?

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