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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what holy day did Lynch land in Ireland when Nora became sick?
(a) Easter Sunday.
(b) Maundy Thursday.
(c) Good Friday.
(d) Ash Wednesday.

2. To what state did the Nugents move after marrying?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Ohio.

3. In what month did the Michigan undertakers conduct their conference?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) January.
(d) February.

4. How much of his gross earnings were profit?
(a) Five percent.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Seven percent.
(d) Twelve percent.

5. What did Lynch have a drink of every night?
(a) Wine.
(b) Irish whiskey.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Beer.

6. At the time of Thomas Lynch's accident, how many years had his father been sober?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

7. In what month did Roberton's poem appear in the magazine?
(a) November.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) December.

8. Out of a thousand people in a room, how many would be expected to die by the end of the year according to Lynch's analogy in Chapter 1?
(a) 10.4.
(b) 9.0.
(c) 5.4.
(d) 8.4.

9. What disease did Lynch's father have outbreaks of?
(a) Multiple sclerosis.
(b) Osteoarthritis.
(c) Rheumatoid arthritis.
(d) Malaria.

10. How many golf courses opened in Milford in the course of a year?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

11. What poem did Thomas Lynch recite his fall from a fire escape in college?
(a) "Slouching Towards Bethlehem."
(b) "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
(c) "The Jabberwocky."
(d) "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed."

12. What did Lynch's father see in every bruise on his children?
(a) Brittle-bone disease.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Muscular dystrophy.
(d) Melanoma.

13. How old was Thomas Lynch's oldest child when he divorced?
(a) Eight.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eleven.

14. What French writer did Lynch quote at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Rimbauld.
(b) Satre.
(c) Hugo.
(d) La Rochefoucald.

15. What immigrant group did Lynch say has a fondness for funeral services?
(a) Polish.
(b) Greek.
(c) Irish.
(d) Italian.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours did the undertaker work on the murdered girl?

2. In what social organization was Milo a leader?

3. What American TV show did Nora Lynch begin watching once she got her first television set?

4. How much did the signet ring cost?

5. In what town's hospital was Nora treated?

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