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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. What was Parsifal's real name?
(a) Harry Long.
(b) Guy Fetters.
(c) Sam Johnson.
(d) Curt Miller.

2. Who is supposed to make supper but is not at home at the Fetters household?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Dot.
(c) Joe.
(d) Bertie.

3. Who is Bertie's fiance?
(a) Greg.
(b) David.
(c) Mike.
(d) Haas.

4. Who had purchased a cemetery plot for Sabine?
(a) Sabine.
(b) Persifal.
(c) Sabine's ex-husband.
(d) Phan.

5. What is the subject of a painting hanging in the Fetters' home?
(a) Covered bridge.
(b) Portrait.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Still life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Parsifal's attorney?

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

3. Who killed Parsifal's father?

4. Where does Parsifal die?

5. Who goes into hysterics on the flight from Denver to Scottsbluff?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Sabine's perceptions of Kitty?

2. Where does Sabine take Parsifal's mother and sister on their second day in Los Angeles?

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

4. What does Phan tell Sabine about Parsifal coming around when he returns to her in a dream?

5. Why did Parsifal leave home at an early age never to return?

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

7. Why does the Magic Castle experience jolt Sabine into reality about her life?

8. What does Phan's dream visit mean for Sabine?

9. Why is lunch at the Magic Castle a bittersweet experience for Sabine?

10. How do Sabine's parents feel about her going to Nebraska to visit Parsifal's family?

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