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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which Lynch brother was sucker-punched in a bar fight?
(a) Pat.
(b) Dan.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Thomas.

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

4. On what day was Milo buried?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Wednesday.

5. What kind of business did Milo own?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A laundromat.
(c) A drugstore.
(d) A convenience store.

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

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

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

9. How many words did Roberton's poem contain?
(a) 64.
(b) 53.
(c) 59.
(d) 45.

10. What was the name of the village Tommy and Nora Lynch lived in?
(a) Moveen.
(b) Cobh.
(c) Drogheda.
(d) Bantry.

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

12. What constellation did Lynch refer to when describing peeing outdoors in Michigan?
(a) Cassiopeia.
(b) Leo.
(c) Pegasus.
(d) Orion.

13. What kind of minister was almost decked when he told a grieving parent that the body of her dead daughter was just a shell?
(a) Episcopalian.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Methodist.

14. How much would the laundry bill have come to for the work Milo did for Lynch?
(a) $50.
(b) $45.
(c) $55.
(d) $60.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what state was Lynch flying when he first thought of a golfatorium?

3. How old were the twins who drowned in the river?

4. What kind of coffin did the priest want to be buried in?

5. How old was the boy whose mother strangled him with a belt?

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