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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 was the surname on the stone that hit Stephanie?
(a) O'Malley.
(b) Foster.
(c) Stephens.
(d) Simpson.

2. What did Lynch have a drink of every night?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Irish whiskey.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

3. What Friday night TV show did Lynch mention when discussing his generation's approach to death?
(a) Wagon Train..
(b) Gunsmoke.
(c) Dragnet.
(d) Bonanza.

4. When did embalming become common?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The War of Independence.
(d) World War II.

5. How old was Nugent's second wife when they married?
(a) 25.
(b) 18.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what fast food restaurant did Lynch refer when talking about non-custodial parents?

2. What French writer did Lynch quote at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. How many years had Nugent's first marriage lasted?

4. On what day was Milo buried?

5. In what year was St. Stephen martyred?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lynch lament about the modern homes Americans live in?

2. Why did the priest insist on a simple funeral and burial service and why was Lynch unimpressed?

3. What is the essential difference between burying the old and burying infants?

4. How did Lynch describe the difference between chance and coincidence?

5. When and why did the regular practice of embalming begin?

6. In what fundamental ways did the flush toilet change human civilization?

7. How does society generally view cemeteries, according to Lynch?

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

9. If the dead don't care, why did Lynch get up in the middle of the night to tend to the newly deceased?

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

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