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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. For what purpose are most of Nico's family members congregating at the start of the novel?
(a) For Nico's funeral.
(b) To go on vacation.
(c) For a housewarming party.
(d) For a birthday party.

2. Who is the other person within Fiona's dream?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Arnaud.
(c) Jake.
(d) Yale.

3. What does Charlie believe is the nature of the relationship between Julian and Yale?
(a) That they are friends.
(b) That they are lovers.
(c) That they are enemies.
(d) That they do not know one another at all.

4. Who manages to get Yale into the bathroom so that he can try to tell him something?
(a) Julian.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Terrence.
(d) Richard.

5. What is the name of the person who disapproves of Nora's inclusion of donations within her estate?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Debra.
(c) Meg.
(d) Cassandra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nora asks Yale and his companions to stay with her for how long so that she can tell them all of her stories?

2. Who is Yale's lover in 1985?

3. In 1985, who drives to Wisconsin?

4. The person considering a house purchase in 1985 plans to live there with what other person?

5. Fiona hires a private investigator in order to find whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What realization does Yale make while in the bathroom with Julian at the party?

2. What task does Arnaud say will "take a couple of days" (133)?

3. Who serves as Terrence's power of attorney near the end of his life?

4. What place does Fiona name as being a location in which she will definitely not find Claire and why?

5. In what way had Fiona spend her twentieth birthday and how had it contrasted with her twenty-first birthday?

6. Yale's boss Bill keeps stopping by to report what details?

7. What is the most encouraging aspect of Nora's art collection, from Yale's point of view?

8. In what ways does Fiona forcibly direct her parents in regard to Nico's illness and death?

9. What step must first be taken before art can be donated?

10. What is the significance of the film Breakfast at Tiffany's for Yale?

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