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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Reader want done with his body after death?
(a) He wanted to be buried in a simple shroud.
(b) He wanted to be cremated.
(c) He wanted it donated to medical training.
(d) He wanted to be buried in a simple cardboard box.

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

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

4. In what Irish county was Sweeney born?
(a) Kerry.
(b) Donegal.
(c) Monaghan.
(d) Cork.

5. How many days was Reader waked?
(a) He wasn't waked.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

6. At what age did Lynch's mother die?
(a) 72.
(b) 60.
(c) 62.
(d) 65.

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

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

9. In what month would Lynch prefer to die?
(a) February.
(b) November.
(c) January.
(d) December.

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

11. What age was Lynch at that time?
(a) 41.
(b) 47.
(c) 45.
(d) 38.

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

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

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

15. How many bridges once crossed the town's river?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Lynch suggest as music for his funeral?

4. What magazines did Lynch find on the wife's side of the bed?

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

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