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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of church did Milo belong to?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Episcopalian.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Baptist.

2. How many hours did the undertaker work on the murdered girl?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Ten.

3. What kind of food made Lynch and Patterson sick in Ireland?
(a) Blood pudding.
(b) Curry.
(c) Shepherd's pie.
(d) Chili.

4. What Friday night TV show did Lynch mention when discussing his generation's approach to death?
(a) Gunsmoke.
(b) Bonanza.
(c) Wagon Train..
(d) Dragnet.

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

6. How long had Lynch's parents been married?
(a) 52 years.
(b) 43 years.
(c) 47 years.
(d) 50 years.

7. What Christian writer did Lynch's mother frequently read?
(a) Thomas Aquinas.
(b) St. Francis.
(c) Thomas Kempis.
(d) St. Augustine.

8. For what Irish patriot was the bridge in the chapter named?
(a) O'Connell.
(b) Pearse.
(c) Wolfe Tone.
(d) McBride.

9. What food was Robertson's poem about?
(a) Apple.
(b) Artichoke.
(c) Pear.
(d) Pomegranate.

10. To which Irish country did Robin Robertson go on a residency program?
(a) Tyrone.
(b) Donegal.
(c) Monaghan.
(d) Waterford.

11. How old was the boy whose mother strangled him with a belt?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

12. In what Irish town were Lynch and Don Paterson discussing Thomas Crapper?
(a) Galway.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Cork.
(d) Sligo.

13. What two retirement destinations did Lynch mention?
(a) Florida and Arizona.
(b) Florida and New Mexico.
(c) Florida and North Carolina.
(d) Arizona and New Mexico.

14. What American TV show did Nora Lynch begin watching once she got her first television set?
(a) Guiding Light.
(b) Gunsmoke.
(c) Dallas.
(d) One Life to Live.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lynch's father see in every bruise on his children?

2. What poem did Thomas Lynch recite his fall from a fire escape in college?

3. What American author was mentioned in Chapter 2?

4. What was the last name of the undertaker who handled Nora's death?

5. What poet made the statement about men dying for what they miss in poetry?

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