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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. Who does Mel wish to talk with on the phone?
(a) His parents.
(b) No one.
(c) His ex-wife.
(d) His children.

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

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

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

5. Where do the old couple move to?
(a) The morgue.
(b) Regular hospital rooms.
(c) The pediatric ward.
(d) They are immediately discharged from the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that the group go to dinner?

2. What is Terri's ex-boyfriend's name?

3. What hits the old couple's car?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mel's relationship with his ex-wife.

2. Do you think Mel's example of real love is an appropriate one? Why or why not?

3. What happens after Mel's story about the old couple ends?

4. What is the final conclusion about the meaning of love?

5. Why is Mel frustrated with the meaning of love?

6. What is the nature of Terri and Ed's involvement?

7. What does Mel seem to require in order to feel comfortable about opening up to the other characters?

8. What was Mel's relationship with the old couple like?

9. Describe Mel and Laura's relationship.

10. Describe the relationship between Laura and Nick.

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