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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mel hesitant to call?
(a) He doesn't want his current wife to feel left out.
(b) He doesn't want them to know he is drunk.
(c) He does not want to talk to his ex-wife.
(d) They haven't heard from him in several years.

2. What reason does Mel give for drinking?
(a) Everyone else is drinking just as much as he.
(b) He does not have to go to the restaurant.
(c) He thinks it will cure his cold.
(d) He does not have to go to the hospital.

3. Which character spent five years in a seminary?
(a) Laura.
(b) Mel.
(c) Nick.
(d) Terri.

4. Who notes that the characters "are all from someplace else"?
(a) Laura.
(b) Terri.
(c) Mel.
(d) Nick.

5. Terri recalls a period of her life during which she lived like a:
(a) Criminal.
(b) Pauper.
(c) Fugitive.
(d) Queen.

6. Why is the story of the old couple told?
(a) To describe how vulnerable people become as they age.
(b) To give an example of true love.
(c) To show how love does not outlast everything.
(d) To demonstrate the difference between male and female views of love.

7. Who does Terri say she loved to the point of distraction?
(a) Nick.
(b) Herself.
(c) Ed.
(d) Mel.

8. How is the depression revealed?
(a) Mel makes a guess.
(b) Hospital staff find a letter.
(c) The old man tells someone.
(d) Mel discovers it in a dream.

9. What does Nick do as a sign of romantic love?
(a) Kisses his wife's hand.
(b) Writes a love song.
(c) Gives his wife a rose.
(d) Recites poetry.

10. What happens immediately after the story of the old couple is over?
(a) The fire alarm goes off.
(b) No one speaks.
(c) The wine bottle crashes to the floor.
(d) One of the couples decides to get a divorce.

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

12. Who decides that calling Mel's children might not be a good idea?
(a) Laura.
(b) Terri.
(c) Nick.
(d) Mel.

13. Who is married to Nick?
(a) Laura.
(b) Mel.
(c) Marjorie.
(d) Terri.

14. What reason does the character give for asking for something to eat before dinner?
(a) She/he wants to give the hostess something to do.
(b) She/he is getting bored.
(c) She/he is very hungry.
(d) She/he is drunk and needs to sober up.

15. What is the relationship between Nick and Laura?
(a) Father and daughter.
(b) Spouses.
(c) Step-siblings.
(d) Friends since childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day does the car accident occur?

2. What is the old couple's condition after the accident?

3. Who feels as if the group is "enchanted" as the conversation continues?

4. Why does Terri chastise Mel?

5. Which character claims that no one really knows about love, because "everyone is really just a beginner"?

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