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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Matt think of when he is looking at Nicky's rocking horse?
(a) How Nicky would laugh as he rocked on the horse.
(b) The love that went into making the horse.
(c) That he never painted the horse.
(d) The Flying Horses carousel.

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

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

5. What does Katie do this time after closing the diary?
(a) Calls her sister.
(b) Looks for something normal.
(c) Cries.
(d) Calls her mother.

6. What does Katie decide she needs for more balance in her life?
(a) A new place to live.
(b) More besides work.
(c) Nothing; she thinks her life is pretty well balanced.
(d) A new hobby.

7. What delights Nicky that the three do later that day?
(a) Swimming in the kid's fountain at the park.
(b) Feeding the ducks at the park.
(c) Riding the carousel.
(d) Going down the big slide into the kiddie pond.

8. What is the Islander?
(a) A ferry.
(b) A local magazine.
(c) A map of the area.
(d) A pamphlet about the local art scene.

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

10. What does Suzanne call her marriage?
(a) Fun.
(b) Magical.
(c) Content.
(d) Intense.

11. What milestone comes?
(a) Nicky's first birthday.
(b) Matt's mother's birthday.
(c) Suzanne's birthday.
(d) Matt's birthday.

12. How many children do Phil and Lynn have?
(a) None.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

13. How many people attend Matt and Suzanne's wedding?
(a) About thirty.
(b) It is standing room only in the church.
(c) About fifty.
(d) Suzanne does not mention that.

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

15. What do Matt and Suzanne do just at midnight one night?
(a) Call Matt's sister in San Francisco to wish her happy birthday.
(b) Call Suzanne's brother in Paris to wish him happy birthday.
(c) Go into Nicky's room and blow him kisses.
(d) Dance on the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Melanie tell Katie?

2. What does Katie do for her friends Phil and Lynn?

3. What does Suzanne turn on in Nicky's bedroom just as the clock rolls over into the next day?

4. Where do Suzanne, Matt and Nicky go for Matt's birthday?

5. Where does Katie go after stopping at Matt's house?

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