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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 does Howard do when he realizes he has been fooled in the magic trick?
(a) Storms out of the house.
(b) Screams at Sabine.
(c) Flips the table over.
(d) Slaps Sabine.

2. What does Sabine quietly whisper as she walks away from Howard?
(a) She has a gun.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She kissed Kitty.
(d) She is calling the cops.

3. Who is Kitty's husband?
(a) Dave.
(b) Bryce.
(c) Howard.
(d) Sam.

4. What had Dot always expected would happen in her life?
(a) She would move to a warmer place.
(b) Guy would come home.
(c) She would hit the lottery.
(d) She would remarry.

5. Why does Sabine like her visit so far with Parsifal's family?
(a) She likes the small town pace.
(b) She feels closer to Parsifal.
(c) She enjoys the quiet of the plains.
(d) She needed a vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kitty thinks that her boys would have benefited from Guy's _____________________.

2. Which of the following does Sabine NOT see when she watches The Tonight Show video?

3. Why are Kitty's sons interested in Sabine?

4. What do Sabine's parents want her to do?

5. What does Sabine tell the Fetter family after they watch the video?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the circumstances in which Kitty kisses Sabine?

2. Why does Dot take Sabine to the top of a knoll?

3. How is Parsifal's true past so different from the one Sabine had always envisioned?

4. What is so unique about Sabine's trip to Wal-Mart?

5. Who is Howard Plate and what can be assumed by his behavior?

6. What news does Sabine tell the Fetters family that upsets them?

7. How are Sabine's memories of the Tonight Show performance different from how the Fetters family views it?

8. Why does Dot think that her expectation that Guy would come home cause her to lose him forever?

9. How do the stories about Albert Fetters make Sabine realize that Parsifal did what he had to do in order to survive?

10. Why does Sabine realize a newfound respect for Howard?

(see the answer keys)

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