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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did the signet ring cost?
(a) Sixty dollars.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) Forty dollars.
(d) Forty-five dollars.

2. In what year did Tommy Lynch die?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1971.

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

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

5. 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) "The Jabberwocky."
(d) "Slouching Towards Bethlehem."

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

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

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

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

10. How many years had Nugent's first marriage lasted?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

11. Where did Ernest Fuller serve in the military?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Korea.
(c) The Gulf War.
(d) World War II.

12. In what state did Nugent teach in college when he met his wife?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Arkansas.

13. What French writer did Lynch quote at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) La Rochefoucald.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Rimbauld.
(d) Satre.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what social organization was Milo a leader?

2. Approximately how many of his townspeople did Lynch bury each year?

3. At what time did Mil Hornsby's wife call to announce his death?

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

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

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