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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the temperature of the area the group is sitting in described?
(a) Frigid.
(b) Warm.
(c) Oppressive.
(d) Tolerable.

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

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

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

5. What time of day does the car accident occur?
(a) Early morning.
(b) Evening.
(c) Lunchtime.
(d) It is unclear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick do as a sign of romantic love?

2. Terri recalls a period of her life during which she lived like a:

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

4. What is the relationship between Terri and Nick?

5. Who suggests that the group go to dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting of the initial part of the story as told by the narrator.

2. What does Mel tell Laura he would do if anything happened to their spouses? Why?

3. Which character is the least likable and why?

4. Why does Mel become more and more animated?

5. How many views of the situation does the author give the reader? Do you think this is helpful or not? Why?

6. Describe the characters' response to Mel's revelation that real love does exist.

7. Why do you think the characters enter a depressive state by the end of the story?

8. How does Nick respond when Mel says he would have liked a different profession?

9. What two purposes does alcohol seem to serve in the story?

10. Describe the relationship between Laura and Nick.

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