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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was did the Oak Grove cemetery pre-date?
(a) War of 1812.
(b) Civil War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

2. How had the men in Lynch's family died for the most part?
(a) Strokes.
(b) Heart problems.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Old age.

3. What did Lynch suggest as music for his funeral?
(a) Bagpipers.
(b) Pianists.
(c) Guitarists.
(d) Pipers and tinwhistlers.

4. What is the name of the river that divides Milford in half?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Liffey.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Huron.

5. How many trials did Kevorkian face and successfully avoid conviction in Oakland County?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

6. In Lynch's analogy of life as a trip across America, at what point do you meet a girl?
(a) Ohio.
(b) The Appalachians.
(c) Memphis.
(d) The Poconos.

7. What poet is quoted at the beginning of "Tract"?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) William Butler Yeats.
(c) William Carols Williams.
(d) Walt Whitman.

8. What was Kevorkian's training in?
(a) Pathology.
(b) Cardiology.
(c) General practice.
(d) Oncology.

9. What kind of food was served at The Red Fort?
(a) Afghan.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Thai.
(d) Indian.

10. When were the first sealed caskets made?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1920s.

11. Approximately how many suicides had Kevorkian assisted in by the end of 1996?
(a) 50.
(b) 65.
(c) 40.
(d) 45.

12. When was the Oak Grove Bridge declared unsafe for vehicular traffic?
(a) Mid 1970s.
(b) Late 1960s.
(c) Late 1970s.
(d) Early 1970s.

13. What singing group did Lynch desire to emulate?
(a) The Everly Brothers.
(b) The Rolling Stones.
(c) The Who.
(d) Simon and Garfunkel.

14. What American writer referred to the "imp of the perverse"?
(a) Herman Melville.
(b) H.P. Lovecraft.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

15. What did Lynch want his family to toss on top of his casket?
(a) His glasses.
(b) Gray gloves.
(c) A gray scarf.
(d) His favorite hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What California town did Lynch imagine dying in in his analogy?

2. How much did the simple cardboard box cost?

3. Where was Reader when he died?

4. How much did the mahogany casket cost?

5. In what decade of life did most of the Lynch men die?

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