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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Corinne say Martin has been having an affair?
(a) His personal trainer.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) His client.
(d) His paralegal.

2. With whom does Portia live?
(a) Viola.
(b) Corinne and Wesley.
(c) Martin and Laurie.
(d) Sharon.

3. What atypical behavior does Portia display at the party?
(a) She closes her eyes when she talks to people.
(b) She sits mute on the couch and does not eat.
(c) She speaks as if she is interviewing people.
(d) She squeals and runs away when anyone tries to talk to her.

4. What does Otto wonder as he looks around Sharon's sparse apartment?
(a) If she would let him store some of his things in her place.
(b) If he should buy her some more stuff.
(c) Why he needs so many things.
(d) How she can live in such squalor.

5. What does Otto say is the truth about Thanksgiving?
(a) It's always lies no matter how you look at it.
(b) It all happened so long ago it no longer matters.
(c) They are together and that is all that matters.
(d) They ate with Native Americans then killed them.

6. What does Otto consider may be the only reason William finds him appealing?
(a) Otto is intelligent.
(b) They live together.
(c) Otto is easy going.
(d) Otto is wealthy.

7. What type of tea does Sharon serve, which seems to excite William?
(a) Darjeeling.
(b) Masala Chai.
(c) Earl Grey.
(d) Green.

8. Who is Portia's mother?
(a) Viola.
(b) Laurie.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Corinne.

9. What does Laurie tell Portia to make her feel better about Thanksgiving?
(a) Her father will be there soon.
(b) She does not have to eat if she does not want to.
(c) They will be leaving soon.
(d) They are celebrating sharing a meal with Native Americans.

10. What is wrong with the gift Portia got for her birthday, according to Portia?
(a) She hates flying.
(b) The world is going to end before she can go.
(c) She does not know how to use the gift.
(d) She simply does not like the gift.

11. What example does Otto use to prove to William that time is linear?
(a) Hair get longer and grayer.
(b) Children grow taller.
(c) He is always bald and they are not getting any younger.
(d) Body's hunch more with age.

12. Who does Otto think Portia resembles?
(a) Corinne.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Their father.
(d) Martin.

13. Why is Portia upset about Thanksgiving?
(a) She feels they are celebrating Native American genocide.
(b) She does not believe in killing animals for food.
(c) Her father is not there.
(d) Her mother is not there.

14. How old is Portia?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

15. What does Otto ask Portia when he tells her that he is a lawyer?
(a) He asks if she would like to a be a lawyer someday.
(b) He asks why she wants to know.
(c) He asks if her father ever told her what a good lawyer he was.
(d) He asks if she knows what that is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sharon's smile like?

2. What joke does Otto make regarding Martin's absence?

3. What does Otto recall were the best moments at the family dinner table when he was young?

4. Which of Martin's wives is at Thanksgiving dinner at Corinne's?

5. What gift did Otto give to Sharon that she still has in her living room?

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