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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe believe his illness has made him more of?
(a) A man with no hope.
(b) An object rather than a person.
(c) An emotionally withdrawn person.
(d) A person devoid of feelings.

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

3. Who is Mark?
(a) Steve's friend.
(b) Beverly's husband.
(c) Maggie's boyfriend.
(d) Brian's companion.

4. What does Maggie do when Steve jokes with her and tries to pull her in the cottage?
(a) She walks away from both Steve and Joe.
(b) She slides to the cottage floor and sobs.
(c) She slaps him hard across the face.
(d) She yells and cusses at him.

5. Which f the following is an accurate definition of the term shadow box?
(a) A tall narrow box used to encase pictures safely.
(b) A box that takes the light and refracts it to cause shadows.
(c) A shallow box that puts objects on display.
(d) A creation that replicates another scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Brian started to write again?

2. What is unique about where Joe is staying?

3. What does Maggie refuse to do when she arrives at the cottage?

4. What is located in the interview area?

5. What topic does Joe try to change it to when Maggie continues with her lack of acceptance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Agnes suffers from psychosomatic headaches?

2. What thoughts turn Maggie's fear into anger?

3. How did Agnes describe Felicity after her husband died?

4. What do Beverly and Mark agree about in regards to Brian?

5. What term does the interviewer used to explain the situation to Agnes?

6. What happened to Felicity after she received news about Claire's death?

7. How does Felicity undermine her daughter Agnes?

8. Why do you think the interviewer is only heard and never seen?

9. What happens that leads Agnes to finally recognize that her mother is senile?

10. What is Brian's profession and how does he feel his work has been affected by his condition?

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