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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the cause of death in the case of the young man Lynch tended to in "All Hallows' Eve"?
(a) Suicide by rifle.
(b) Suicide by shotgun.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Motorcycle accident.

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

5. What sport did Lynch mention watching with loved ones in bad weather?
(a) Golf.
(b) Football.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Baseball.

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

7. How long was the old-fashioned mourning period?
(a) One year.
(b) As long as the grieved needed it to be.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

8. In what state did someone reach the midpoint of their lives?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Kansas.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What was the first name of the girl Lynch met and fell in love with?
(a) Johanna.
(b) Joanne.
(c) Joannie.
(d) Jackie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Uncle Eddie need help coming up with as he was starting his suicide cleanup business?

2. When did Lynch feel his midpoint had arrived?

3. Who did Lynch want to serve as pallbearers?

4. In what month would Lynch prefer to die?

5. What medical topic did Sweeney broach when eating rainbow trout?

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