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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mel say would happen if any of the main characters died?
(a) Their partner would die also.
(b) The other couple would take their partner in as part of the family.
(c) Their partner would grieve and would then search for a new partner.
(d) All of the characters' ideas about love would change drastically.

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

3. Who wants to know what the characters are going to do after the glass is spilled?
(a) Mel.
(b) Nick.
(c) Laura.
(d) Terri.

4. What is the beverage of choice throughout the duration of the conversation?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Rum and Coke.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Gin and tonic.

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

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

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

8. How old is Laura?
(a) Mid-twenties.
(b) Fifty-nine.
(c) Forty-five.
(d) Thirty-five.

9. How does Terri's ex-boyfriend eventually kill himself?
(a) He runs his car over a bridge.
(b) He shoots himself in the head.
(c) He stabs himself in Mel's kitchen.
(d) He stops eating.

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

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

12. What reason does Terri give for her ex-boyfriend trying to kill her?
(a) He loved her so much.
(b) He fell in love with someone else.
(c) Terri tried to kill him first.
(d) He was having hallucinations.

13. What is the old couple's condition after the accident?
(a) They have multiple injuries.
(b) They are not injured other than scrapes and bruises.
(c) They are incredibly angry at the hospital and doctors.
(d) Their individual blood pressure readings skyrocket simultaneously.

14. Who is the narrator?
(a) Laura.
(b) Mel.
(c) Terri.
(d) Nick.

15. Where is Mel when Terri's ex-boyfriend is brought to the hospital?
(a) At his home with Terri.
(b) Unknown.
(c) At the restaurant.
(d) At the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is distracted from his story about love by having another drink?

2. Who is the first one to turn on a light?

3. What is the cause of the old man's depression?

4. Terri teases the other couple for acting as if:

5. What is Mel's ex-wife allergic to?

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