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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Sharon's smile like?
(a) Forced.
(b) Youthful.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Mischievous.

4. Where does Portia's mother lives?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) China.

5. 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.

6. Who does Laurie say sent Portia a great gift for her birthday?
(a) Otto.
(b) Martin.
(c) Corinne.
(d) Viola.

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

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

9. What did Otto and his siblings ask the doctors when Sharon had her first apparent psychological break?
(a) If she could live a normal life after that.
(b) If she should stay in a group home.
(c) If there is any chance this has happened before.
(d) If she should live with one of them.

10. 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.

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

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

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

14. What does Sharon say she is thinking of buying for her house per Otto's advice?
(a) A sculpture.
(b) A painting.
(c) A new tea kettle.
(d) Some curtains.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharon have hanging on the walls of her apartment?

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

3. With whom does Portia live?

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

5. What does Laurie tell Portia to make her feel better about Thanksgiving?

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