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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the cause of the old man's depression?
(a) He loses his job.
(b) He can no longer take part in extramarital affairs.
(c) He is thinking about living the rest of his life as an invalid.
(d) He is unable to see his wife.

3. What does Mel's wife hope will happen to his ex-wife?
(a) She will pay him back alimony and child support.
(b) She will move to another country.
(c) She will fall in love with Mel all over again.
(d) She will remarry or die.

4. Where does the story take place?
(a) Nick's porch.
(b) A parking lot.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) Mel's kitchen.

5. What does Mel say he would have liked to have done as a profession?
(a) Veterinarian.
(b) Chef.
(c) Matchmaker.
(d) Wedding planner.

6. How long has Nick been married?
(a) Ten years.
(b) He has not yet married.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A year and a half.

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

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

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

10. What is the main topic of the couples' conversation?
(a) The ups and downs of married life.
(b) The unrealistic hope of everlasting love.
(c) The difference between marriage and cohabitation.
(d) The meaning of real love.

11. Which of the characters is clearly an alcoholic?
(a) Nick.
(b) Terri.
(c) Laura.
(d) Mel.

12. What is Terri's ex-boyfriend's name?
(a) Ed.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Neal.
(d) Steven.

13. Who says that Terri's ex-boyfriend is so inept that he can't even kill himself properly?
(a) Nick.
(b) Terri.
(c) Mel.
(d) Laura.

14. Why does Mel say he would have liked to have been born in medieval times?
(a) So he could have worn armor.
(b) So he could have had a shorter lifespan.
(c) So he could have courted a woman more properly.
(d) So he could have cooked better food for "the masses."

15. Who tells the story of the old couple?
(a) Mel.
(b) Terri.
(c) Laura.
(d) Nick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator?

2. How is the temperature of the area the group is sitting in described?

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

4. Who asks Mel to continue the story of the old couple?

5. How does Terri's ex-boyfriend attempt suicide the first time?

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