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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after the friend group has dinner for the first time in Mexico?
(a) Marielle gets too drunk.
(b) A lone trumpeter serenades the group.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) Jordy gets lost.

2. Which painting causes Craig to think he should surrender in "There's a Wonder in Most Everything I See"?
(a) Las Meninas.
(b) The Night Watch.
(c) The Gulf Stream.
(d) Whistler's Mother.

3. How does Alec contract HIV?
(a) He contracted it from his girlfriend.
(b) Needles.
(c) Gay sex.
(d) Through blood transfusion.

4. Which reason does Naomi state for knowing her friends love her in "Why Do Stars Falls Down from the Sky"?
(a) They know she has a kind heart.
(b) She is too hilarious.
(c) She is the only honest one.
(d) She pays for everything.

5. What compliment does Marielle give Jordy in her eulogy in "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven That I've Seen"?
(a) That he is never selfish and only thinks of others.
(b) That he is the calm in a storm.
(c) That he is a burning star.
(d) That he lights other's candles with his own.

6. How does Craig feel after Mia tells him that he reminds her of her friends?
(a) Angry and hurt.
(b) Happy and sad.
(c) Ecstatic and jovial.
(d) Embarrassed and ashamed.

7. What happens to Lady Liberty while on the boat cruise?
(a) Her torch falls down.
(b) Craig envisions her looking at him.
(c) Jordy swims out and touches her.
(d) Marielle envisions her swimming up the them.

8. Which location does Craig joke that he would prefer to have his funeral at?
(a) Port Moody.
(b) Kona.
(c) Dubrovnik.
(d) Paris.

9. Which image makes Craig laugh in "Why Do Stars Falls Down from the Sky"?
(a) A frog falls to his death.
(b) The way Alec used to smile.
(c) His grandmother producing buttered toast.
(d) Naomi tripping over her words.

10. The section describing Jordan's plummet could be described as?
(a) Suspenseful.
(b) Sad.
(c) Funny.
(d) Nostalgic.

11. Where does Tuffy tell Craig that he will likely end up?
(a) Probation with a record.
(b) Federal prison camp.
(c) High security federal prison.
(d) Out on bond.

12. In exchange for accepting Naomi's offer of a lawyer, what does Craig ask for?
(a) That she tells Marielle how much he loves her.
(b) To have his funeral right now.
(c) That she visits him in prison.
(d) To skip having his funeral.

13. When Craig describes himself as "the beating heart of a family" (282) that is an example of what?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Assonance.

14. Where does the friend group go to look at art in "There's a Wonder in Most Everything I See"?
(a) The Cloisters.
(b) The Guggenheim.
(c) The National Portrait Gallery.
(d) The MOMA.

15. What is the name of Naomi's skydiving instructor?
(a) Dylan.
(b) Ronaldo.
(c) Diego.
(d) Santiago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Craig assume he will hear on the other end of Marielle's call in "There's a Wonder in Most Everything I See"?

2. When Craig asks, "Who are you supposed to be, The Sharks and the Jets?" (243), that is an example of what?

3. What does Naomi reveal about her first year at Stanford?

4. How are Naomi's parents described?

5. What does Marielle express her desire to do during breakfast in Mexico?

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