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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What funeral related item did Lynch sell on commission?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Urns.
(c) Cemetery plots.
(d) Caskets.

2. What disease did Lynch's father have outbreaks of?
(a) Rheumatoid arthritis.
(b) Osteoarthritis.
(c) Multiple sclerosis.
(d) Malaria.

3. How many years of marriage did Nugent's poem refer to?
(a) 25.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

4. What concept did the Second Vatican Council eliminate?
(a) Hell.
(b) Purgatory.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Purification.

5. Approximately how many of his townspeople did Lynch bury each year?
(a) 300.
(b) 250.
(c) 200.
(d) 150.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was St. Stephen martyred?

2. To which Irish country did Robin Robertson go on a residency program?

3. How many of Lynch's eight siblings are part of the funeral industry?

4. From what surgery did Mr. Lynch have a scar?

5. What poet made the statement about men dying for what they miss in poetry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lynch mean by "the poor cousin of fear is rage?"

2. Why did the Lynch brothers take care of their father's body rather than allow a local undertaker to do the job?

3. How does Lynch view the work done by his colleague Wesley Rice with the young, murdered girl?

4. How did Lynch "resolve" his feelings about the existence of God?

5. How did Lynch try to maintain some of the old traditions after he fixed up the Irish cottage when Nora passed away?

6. What did Lynch mean when he stated that "one hand washes the other" in Chapter 1?

7. Why do most people never pay attention to the figure Lynch called "The Big One"?

8. How did Lynch feel about constantly taking Nugent's phone calls following the divorce?

9. What was Nora's reaction to her impending death?

10. How did Lynch handle being a father while serving as an undertaker and seeing dead children?

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