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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the resolution following the climax?
(a) The characters meditating on the meaning of love.
(b) The compromise between Nick and Mel.
(c) The acceptance of Laura by Terri and Nick.
(d) The sun rising.

2. According to the author, what characteristics are typically granted to the heart?
(a) Cold and unloving.
(b) Compassion and tenderness.
(c) Understanding and cognition.
(d) Emotional and romantic.

3. What effect does the alcohol have on the characters by the end of the story?
(a) The characters become angry with one another.
(b) The characters are all laughing.
(c) The characters are all crying.
(d) The characters are all numb.

4. Which of the following is a connotation of the word 'heart'?
(a) A geometrical shape usually given on Valentine's Day.
(b) Emotions and memories connected to loving and feeling.
(c) The center of something.
(d) The organ responsible for moving blood around the body.

5. After Mel finished his story, who does the narrator think knows the meaning of true love?
(a) Laura.
(b) Terri.
(c) No one.
(d) Ed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author characterize Terri and Mel's relationship?

2. How is the topic of love broached?

3. Over what length of time does this story take place?

4. Where are the other characters when Mel begins to talk about love?

5. What is the narrator's understanding of the meaning of love by the end of the story?

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