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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the geographic setting for the story?
(a) Bar Harbor.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Albuquerque.
(d) California.

2. What does Mel suggest after the story is interrupted?
(a) That everyone pitch in to help cook dinner.
(b) That they stop drinking for awhile.
(c) That everyone have a drink and go to dinner.
(d) That everyone go home to bed.

3. What is the old couple's prognosis?
(a) They will have to live at an assisted living facility the rest of their lives.
(b) They die soon after the accident.
(c) They will be fine after recovering.
(d) Good, if they get divorced.

4. Who threatens to kill Mel?
(a) Terri.
(b) Ed.
(c) Marjorie.
(d) Nick.

5. "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" is a(n) ________ story of ____________ couples.
(a) Descriptive; mild-mannered.
(b) Short; married.
(c) Abridged; unhappy.
(d) Non-fiction; divorcing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides that calling Mel's children might not be a good idea?

2. Why does Mel say he would have liked to have been born in medieval times?

3. How does the old couple appear in the hospital?

4. What is Mel's ex-wife's name?

5. What does Mel's wife hope will happen to his ex-wife?

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