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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What are people not allowed to do at the trestle known as the Arch?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Diving.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Boating.

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

6. What magazines did Lynch find on the wife's side of the bed?
(a) Women's Days.
(b) Vogues.
(c) Cosmopolitans.
(d) Family Circles.

7. With what did the cuckolded husband kill himself in Chapter 10?
(a) A chainsaw.
(b) An electric carving knife.
(c) A butcher knife.
(d) An electric can opener.

8. What TV show did Mary Jackson appear in?
(a) Eight is Enough.
(b) Dallas.
(c) The Waltons.
(d) Little House on the Prairie.

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

10. To what Irish hero did Lynch compare Russ Reader?
(a) Wolfe Tone.
(b) Finn McCool.
(c) Conchobar.
(d) Cuchulainn.

11. In what German city did Sweeney study?
(a) Heidelberg.
(b) Munich.
(c) Mainz.
(d) Freiburg.

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

13. What did Kevorkian's attorney suggest for the doctor?
(a) A position as Surgeon General.
(b) A political career.
(c) A Medal of Honor.
(d) A Nobel Prize.

14. In what decade of life did most of the Lynch men die?
(a) 60s.
(b) 70s.
(c) 40s.
(d) 50s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What rock group did Lynch allude to in Chapter 7?

2. What was the only thing Lynch really wanted at death?

3. What was the first name of the girl Lynch met and fell in love with?

4. Before Kevorkian, how many "successful" suicides were men?

5. What American writer referred to the "imp of the perverse"?

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