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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ethnic food did Robertson and his wife enjoy in celebration of the poem's publication?
(a) Turkish.
(b) Lebanese.
(c) Persian.
(d) Italian.

2. What time did Lynch leave the office to return home?
(a) 5:00.
(b) 6:00.
(c) 5:30.
(d) 4:00.

3. To what town was Lynch's father's body brought?
(a) Ft. Lauderdale.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Miami.
(d) Ft. Myers.

4. Approximately how much do cremated human remains weigh?
(a) Twelve to fifteen pounds.
(b) Four to seven pounds.
(c) Six to ten pounds.
(d) Ten to twelve pounds.

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

6. What Asian city did Lynch mention as a place where funeral pyres are frequent?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Bangkok.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Peshawar.

7. From what surgery did Mr. Lynch have a scar?
(a) Heart bypass.
(b) Appendectomy.
(c) Pacemaker.
(d) Gallbladder.

8. Children under twelve accounted for approximately what percentage of deaths in 1900?
(a) Half.
(b) One-third.
(c) One-eighth.
(d) One-fourth.

9. How many of Lynch's eight siblings are part of the funeral industry?
(a) Seven.
(b) All of them.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

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

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

12. How did Jessica Mitford refer to undertakers' work on human bodies?
(a) Honorable.
(b) Barbaric.
(c) Necessary.
(d) Offensive.

13. In which state did the accident occur?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Tennessee.

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

15. Where in Florida did Lynch's father die?
(a) The Keys.
(b) The Panhandle.
(c) Miami.
(d) The Gulf Coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many words did Roberton's poem contain?

2. Where did Nugent meet his next wife?

3. Why do undertakers massage the body?

4. What kind of business did Milo own?

5. Approximately how many of his townspeople were cremated each year?

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