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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what year did Jack Kevorkian assist in his first suicide?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1994.

4. If he was cremated, where did Reader want his ashes scattered?
(a) Over the Atlantic.
(b) Over a golf course.
(c) Over the town from a hot air balloon.
(d) Over the Grand Canyon.

5. How much did the mahogany casket cost?
(a) $9,000.
(b) $7,000.
(c) $8,000.
(d) $7,500.

6. Approximately what percentage of Americans move at any given time?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

7. What kind of car crushed a worker at a scrap metal yard in Lynch's story?
(a) 1970 Camaro.
(b) 1967 Mustang.
(c) 1967 Jeep.
(d) 1975 Mustang.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. How many trials did Kevorkian face and successfully avoid conviction in Oakland County?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Reader's favorite holiday?

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

4. What did Lynch want his family to toss on top of his casket?

5. In what Irish county was Sweeney born?

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