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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impressive gift did Portia get for her birthday?
(a) A trip to Glyndebourne when she turns 18.
(b) A microscope set.
(c) A trip to Disney World next year.
(d) A real microphone.

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

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

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

5. 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 would talk.
(c) When Sharon was not there.
(d) When Martin would throw up.

6. 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.

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

8. What does Sharon have hanging on the walls of her apartment?
(a) Her own paintings.
(b) Math forumalas.
(c) Constellation charts.
(d) The periodic table of elements.

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

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

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

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

13. 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) If she would let him store some of his things in her place.
(d) Why he needs so many things.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the gift Portia got for her birthday, according to Portia?

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

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

4. What does William offer as proof that Sharon does not seem any more unhappy than anyone else?

5. What does Otto ask Portia when he tells her that he is a lawyer?

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