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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was St. Stephen martyred?
(a) 40 A.D.
(b) 45 A.D.
(c) 30 A.D.
(d) 35 A.D.

2. What concept did the Second Vatican Council eliminate?
(a) Hell.
(b) Purgatory.
(c) Purification.
(d) Redemption.

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

4. What did Lynch hope to do if he attended any part of the undertakers conference?
(a) Attend lectures.
(b) Play golf.
(c) Enjoy dinner with fellow undertakers.
(d) Talk to older undertakers of his father's generation.

5. What was the last act that Lynch did to Milo's body?
(a) Embalm the body.
(b) Wash his body.
(c) Position his hands.
(d) Dress the body.

6. To what fast food restaurant did Lynch refer when talking about non-custodial parents?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) Burger King.
(c) Taco Bell.
(d) Wendy's.

7. What style poem did Nugent write?
(a) Ode.
(b) Epithalamium.
(c) Sonnet.
(d) Free verse.

8. To what medical procedure did Lynch refer when speaking about people's aversion to funerals?
(a) Root canals.
(b) Appendectomies.
(c) Colonoscopies.
(d) Mammograms.

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

10. Besides funeral homes, what business did Lynch say persisted in using the family name in the business name?
(a) Grocers.
(b) Electricians.
(c) Plumbers.
(d) Lawyers.

11. In what era did Gladstone live?
(a) Elizabethan.
(b) Colonial.
(c) Victorian.
(d) Georgian.

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

13. What town did Lynch explore while on his trip in Chapter 5?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Santa Barbara.

14. Why do undertakers massage the body?
(a) To remove any bruises.
(b) To ensure the even distribution of embalming fluid.
(c) To relax the muscles.
(d) To restore color to the skin.

15. How many years of marriage did Nugent's poem refer to?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did embalming become common?

3. What nationality was Paterson?

4. What did Lynch's mother convince her husband to get their son Dan?

5. What was the name of the undertaker who repaired the face of the murdered girl in Chapter 5?

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