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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 is the hostess in the restaurant in #40?
(a) Marlene.
(b) Doris.
(c) Evie.
(d) Sally.

2. Who is Parsifal's mother?
(a) Betty.
(b) Shirley.
(c) Eunice.
(d) Dorothy.

3. Dot tells Sabine how Parsifal got the scar on his _____________.
(a) leg.
(b) arm.
(c) face.
(d) foot.

4. Parsifal had told Sabine that his family was from what state?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Florida.
(d) Montana.

5. Why did Kitty want her father to be dead when he fell to the floor?
(a) So he would stop abusing her.
(b) So the family could live without anger.
(c) So he would not get up and kill Parsifal.
(d) So it would be quiet in the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dot puzzled about Parsifal's marriage?

2. Where is the first place Sabine takes the Fetters in Los Angeles?

3. What television show had Parsifal and Sabine appeared on many years ago?

4. In what state do the Fetters live?

5. How was Parsifal's father killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sabine philosophize her life versus the one Parsifal had?

2. Who is Parsifal's mother and why does she call Sabine?

3. Why does Sabine make the decision to visit the Fetters family?

4. How does Sabine meet Parsifal's sister, Kitty?

5. Describe Dot's visit at the cemetery.

6. Why does Sabine give Roger permission to call Parsifal's family and why does she not think they will contact her?

7. What does Sabine think of the cemetery where Parsifal and Phan are buried?

8. Who is Haas and what is his role in the story?

9. What does Dot's invitation to Sabine foreshadow for the story?

10. Why did Sabine marry Parsifal, a gay man?

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