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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of Martin's wives is at Thanksgiving dinner at Corinne's?
(a) Lilah.
(b) Viola.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Laurie.

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

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

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

7. What word does Corinne use to describe Portia's mother?
(a) Obnoxious.
(b) Elegant.
(c) Psychotic.
(d) Intellectual.

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

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

10. Who seems most excited when Corinne and Wesley's sons and wife leave after stopping by briefly during Thanksgiving?
(a) Wesley.
(b) William.
(c) Corinne.
(d) Otto.

11. What does Otto recall were the best moments at the family dinner table when he was young?
(a) When his father was still alive.
(b) When Sharon was not there.
(c) When Martin would throw up.
(d) When Sharon would talk.

12. What does William offer as proof that Sharon does not seem any more unhappy than anyone else?
(a) Her good hygiene.
(b) Her productivity.
(c) Her smile.
(d) Her calm demeanor.

13. What joke does Otto make regarding Martin's absence?
(a) He asks if he is in jail.
(b) He asked how she let him off the hook.
(c) He jokes he always was the only smart one in the family.
(d) He jokes he must have found a new wife.

14. What gift did Otto give to Sharon that she still has in her living room?
(a) A computer.
(b) A couch.
(c) A coffee table.
(d) A television set.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Otto think Portia resembles?

2. What did Otto and his siblings ask the doctors when Sharon had her first apparent psychological break?

3. What type of tea does Sharon serve, which seems to excite William?

4. With whom does Portia live?

5. What is Sharon's smile like?

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