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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mel hope his ex-wife will get injured?
(a) So she will die.
(b) So he can have an excuse to call his children.
(c) So he can come see her in the hospital.
(d) So he can come and save her.

2. Where are additional beverages kept?
(a) On the table.
(b) In the trunk.
(c) The cabinet.
(d) In the refrigerator.

3. What can the narrator hear near the end of the story?
(a) Wine being poured.
(b) Everyone's heartbeats.
(c) A childhood song.
(d) A fire burning.

4. What is the relationship between Terri and Nick?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Siblings.
(c) Co-workers.
(d) Friends.

5. Who feels as if the group is "enchanted" as the conversation continues?
(a) Mel.
(b) Nick.
(c) Laura.
(d) Terri.

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

7. Who asks for something to eat before dinner?
(a) Laura.
(b) Nick.
(c) Mel.
(d) Terri.

8. Who bumps Nick's knee under the table?
(a) Laura.
(b) Mel.
(c) Marjorie.
(d) Terri.

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

10. Who asks Mel to continue the story of the old couple?
(a) Laura.
(b) Terri.
(c) Mel.
(d) Nick.

11. What happens at the end of the story?
(a) The sun sets.
(b) The sun rises.
(c) Everyone starts crying.
(d) Everyone goes home.

12. What is in the spilled glass?
(a) Iced tea.
(b) Gin and tonic.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Vodka.

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

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

15. Terri teases the other couple for acting as if:
(a) They have been together for ten years.
(b) They are on their honeymoon.
(c) They aren't drunk.
(d) They don't like each other much.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is Mel when Terri's ex-boyfriend is brought to the hospital?

4. Who shakes the empty beverage container at Mel?

5. Who does Mel wish to talk with on the phone?

(see the answer keys)

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