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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 is Ned's fear concerning his father?
(a) That he will become his father.
(b) That his father will remarry Jenny.
(c) That his father will die young.
(d) That he does not know his father very well.

2. After prison, what does Drew tell Tria?
(a) He knows why Jack died.
(b) The family owes Drew money.
(c) He knows who stole Jack's car.
(d) They have the same father.

3. How does Mrs. Agajanian play music for Claude?
(a) She sings.
(b) 78rpm records.
(c) Tapes.
(d) CDs.

4. What happens to Jack Ward on the 16th hole at Mohawk Country Club?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He gets a hole in one.
(d) He has a heart attack and dies.

5. Who gets Ned something cool to drink at the white jewel house?
(a) Mrs. Ward.
(b) Mrs. Petrie.
(c) Tria.
(d) Jack Ward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned do with money from his jobs?

2. Why doe Sam, Ned, Wussy and Skinny call a doctor for Drew?

3. After college, where does Ned see that his father lives?

4. What does Ned realize on his way home after his night at the Big Bend Hunting Lodge?

5. The day of Tria's father's visitation, what does someone steal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ned's relationship change with the Ward family?

2. Why is Mrs. Agajanian such a sad character?

3. How does Ned begin to realize he could easily become like his father?

4. After their celebratory dinner, what is clear about Jenny's relationship with F. William Peterson?

5. What is the importance of Drew being Jack Ward's son?

6. Why does Jenny become so angry when Eileen calls her house to find Ned?

7. What happens with Drew after Jack Ward's funeral?

8. What happens when Sam confronts Drew about a missing beer?

9. Why does Ned invited Claude to the country club with him?

10. How is the pool table symbolic of the relationship between Ned and Sam?

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