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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Approximately how many acres are in a par four hole on a golf course?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

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

4. What kind of food did Lynch say many neighbors brought over after his divorce?
(a) Roasted chicken.
(b) Chicken pot pies.
(c) Chili.
(d) Beef stews.

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

6. In what year was Lynch's Michigan house built?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1890.

7. 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) 5.4.
(c) 8.4.
(d) 9.0.

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

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

10. How many siblings did Lynch have?
(a) Eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Nine.

11. What was the name of the woman whose body smelled bad because of her last meal?
(a) O'Brien.
(b) Lynch.
(c) Regan.
(d) Sheehan.

12. For how long was Lynch on the island?
(a) One week.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Eight days.

13. To what did Nugent's poem refer?
(a) Courtship.
(b) Family.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Faith.

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

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. Where did Milo die?

2. What food was Robertson's poem about?

3. Which Lynch brother was sucker-punched in a bar fight?

4. In what month did Roberton's poem appear in the magazine?

5. What two retirement destinations did Lynch mention?

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