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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sketches by which artist are the pieces that Nora most wants to donate to the Briggs Gallery?
(a) Ranko Novak.
(b) John Coplins.
(c) Armand DeVille.
(d) Sam Francis.

2. At what time does Charlie return home on the night of the dinner party?
(a) 3 in the morning.
(b) 2 in the morning.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 1 in the morning.

3. Who had been the first real friend Yale had made after moving?
(a) Nico.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Terrence.
(d) Charlie.

4. Who had helped Terrence and his ill lover to see one another in the hospital?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The receptionist.
(c) The nurse.
(d) Nico's grandfather.

5. To whom had the object in Fiona's dream belonged in real life?
(a) Jake.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Nico.
(d) Nora.

6. Who reveals that they have received negative HIV test results?
(a) Teddy.
(b) Asher.
(c) Richard.
(d) Yale.

7. Who is Arnaud within the narrative?
(a) Fiona's uncle.
(b) Fiona's gardener.
(c) Fiona's brother-in-law.
(d) A private investigator.

8. After the wake, most of the attendees go to what location?
(a) To Nico's apartment.
(b) To the funeral at the church.
(c) To Charlie's house.
(d) To Fiona's house.

9. In what American city does the novel take place?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Chicago.

10. Fiona believes that her daughter Claire is skilled in what area?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Emotional intelligence.
(d) The arts.

11. How are Nico and Fiona related?
(a) Aunt and nephew.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Siblings.
(d) Niece and uncle.

12. Whom does Yale go to visit in the hospital when he returns home to find someone missing?
(a) Julian.
(b) Richard.
(c) Terrence.
(d) Fiona.

13. Who is Yale's new intern?
(a) Steve.
(b) Jake.
(c) Roman.
(d) Charlie.

14. What is the name of the private investigator Fiona hires?
(a) L'eau.
(b) Francoise.
(c) Arnaud.
(d) Clark.

15. When Arnaud shows Fiona the photographs he had taken, which person does she recognize?
(a) Kurt.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Claire.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main planner of Nico's funeral?

2. Who is Yale's lover in 1985?

3. How old was Nico when his parents cut him off completely?

4. In addition to his boss, whom does Yale bring with him when he travels to see Nora again?

5. How many miles away from the wake are most of Nico's family members congregating?

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