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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did John Hillenbrand purchase the Batesville Coffin Company?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1918.

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

4. Where was Reader when he died?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In his car.
(c) In bed.
(d) In his easy chair.

5. Approximately how many Japanese die of fugu poisoning every year?
(a) 500.
(b) 700.
(c) 350.
(d) 200.

6. Before Kevorkian, how many "successful" suicides were men?
(a) Four out of six.
(b) Nine out of ten.
(c) Three out of five.
(d) Five out of six.

7. What did Lynch not want at his funeral?
(a) Partying.
(b) Poems.
(c) Religious services.
(d) Mourning.

8. Before Kevorkian, how many attempted suicides were women?
(a) Five out of six.
(b) Three out of five.
(c) Nine out of ten.
(d) Seven out of ten.

9. How much did the simple cardboard box cost?
(a) $69.
(b) $99.
(c) $79.
(d) $89.

10. What drink did Lynch give to Sweeney after telling him the story of the man killed by the falling car?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Rum.
(d) Scotch.

11. Who did Lynch want to serve as pallbearers?
(a) His siblings.
(b) His colleagues.
(c) His children.
(d) His best friends.

12. What California town did Lynch imagine dying in in his analogy?
(a) Santa Barbara.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Sacramento.

13. If he is cremated, what does Lynch want done with the ashes?
(a) Kept in the funeral parlor.
(b) Buried.
(c) Kept in his family's home.
(d) Scattered over town.

14. How many assisted suicides are cremated?
(a) Four out of seven.
(b) Nine out of ten.
(c) Three out of five.
(d) Seven out of ten.

15. What was the look on the face of the man killed by the falling car?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Fright.
(c) Serenity.
(d) Horror.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state did someone reach the midpoint of their lives?

2. When did Lynch feel his midpoint had arrived?

3. What was did the Oak Grove cemetery pre-date?

4. What is the name of the river that divides Milford in half?

5. Approximately how many suicides had Kevorkian assisted in by the end of 1996?

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