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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Matt tell Nicky?
(a) That his mother has had a heart attack.
(b) That his mother has gone to heaven.
(c) That he is all Matt has now.
(d) That his mother is in the hospital.

2. What is the wallpaper like in the nursery?
(a) Mother Goose and other characters dancing.
(b) Pictures of the galaxy and stars.
(c) They just paint it a soft green.
(d) Pictures of animals swimming.

3. What is interesting about the church where Suzanne and Matt are married?
(a) It is the oldest Indian Baptist church in the country.
(b) It is entirely set outdoors.
(c) It is all glass.
(d) It is all stone.

4. What does Matt wish about seeing Suzanne leave?
(a) That he had asked her to leave Nicky with him.
(b) That he had stopped her from driving after her last hospital stay.
(c) That he had gone with her.
(d) That he has kissed her.

5. What music is in Nicky's room?
(a) A small cd player.
(b) The baby minder.
(c) A child's phonograph.
(d) From his mobile.

6. What does Suzanne's cardiologist tell her?
(a) She has two weak valves.
(b) She is in good shape.
(c) One valve is problematic.
(d) One artery has a weak wall area.

7. What does Katie say is possible?
(a) Letting go of life in a postive way.
(b) Hope though all seems hopeless.
(c) Joy in the midst of tragedy.
(d) Happy endings.

8. What does Matt have happen inside the church at the end of the ceremony?
(a) A group of his best friends sing.
(b) Matt receives a phone call from his brother in Katmandu to congratulate them.
(c) Matt has a blizzard of paper confetti to fall from the ceiling.
(d) A blizzard of feathers falling from the ceiling.

9. What does Katie do on her train ride home?
(a) Mulls over her decision to give the baby up for adoption.
(b) Pulls out the diary.
(c) Mulls over her decision to keep the baby.
(d) Sleeps.

10. What do Matt and Suzanne do one night when they are in Nicky's room after he had awoken for a while?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing together to Nicky.
(c) Discuss taking a vacation with Nicky.
(d) Discuss his college choices.

11. What does Suzanne do as she is getting stronger?
(a) Takes Nicky to the beach.
(b) Starts oil painting again.
(c) Sees a few patients.
(d) Starts cooking again.

12. Who seems to Katie like a sane and happy family?
(a) Her family when she was growing up.
(b) Her brother-in-law's family.
(c) The Jacksons.
(d) The Browns.

13. How does she think of Matt while going to the island?
(a) As a tragic figure in a play.
(b) As a tree that is bent with the weight of tragedy for the moment.
(c) As a strong man who is weak for now.
(d) As a glass ball.

14. What does Suzanne turn on in Nicky's bedroom just as the clock rolls over into the next day?
(a) A group of people wishing Nicky a happy birthday.
(b) Nicky's music box.
(c) A recording she has made for him.
(d) A recording Matt has made for him.

15. Why is Suzanne grateful that Nicky cannot talk?
(a) He might tell her sister that she is ill.
(b) Because he might tell her mother that she is ill.
(c) So he cannot tell Matt about the photography session.
(d) So he cannot blow the surprise Suzanne has planned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Matt surprise Suzanne with one day when she comes downstairs in her pajamas?

2. What do the three see at a playhouse?

3. What does Lynn say about Katie?

4. How has Nicky's childhood been so far?

5. What had Matt promised to Katie that he would do?

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