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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Lynch meet Sweeney?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Milford.

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

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

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

5. Approximately how many people live "in the town"?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 3,500.
(d) 5,000.

6. What did Lynch sarcastically mention as a "tidy" type of assisted suicide?
(a) Jumping off a building.
(b) Shooting range.
(c) Electrocution.
(d) Hanging.

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

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

9. What rock group did Lynch allude to in Chapter 7?
(a) Sonic Youth.
(b) Green Day.
(c) Nirvana.
(d) Rush.

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

11. What medical topic did Sweeney broach when eating rainbow trout?
(a) PMS.
(b) Microsurgery.
(c) Heart surgery.
(d) Urinary tract infections.

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

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

14. What distinguishes coffins from caskets?
(a) They are rectangular and may or may not have handles.
(b) They are narrow and never have handles.
(c) They are octagonal and always have handles.
(d) They are octagonal and may or may not have handles.

15. When did Lynch feel his midpoint had arrived?
(a) The day he buried his mother.
(b) The day he took over the family business.
(c) The day his second child was born.
(d) The day he buried his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the mahogany casket cost?

2. To what animal did Lynch allude in making his analogy about living at the midpoint?

3. What did Lynch not want at his funeral?

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

5. What kind of car crushed a worker at a scrap metal yard in Lynch's story?

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