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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 did Lynch's mother convince her husband to get their son Dan?
(a) A BB gun.
(b) A trampoline.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A swimming pool.

2. In what town's hospital was Nora treated?
(a) Ennis.
(b) Cork.
(c) Galway.
(d) Waterford.

3. In what era did Gladstone live?
(a) Georgian.
(b) Elizabethan.
(c) Colonial.
(d) Victorian.

4. What American TV show did Nora Lynch begin watching once she got her first television set?
(a) Gunsmoke.
(b) Dallas.
(c) One Life to Live.
(d) Guiding Light.

5. How much did the signet ring cost?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Forty dollars.
(c) Sixty dollars.
(d) Forty-five dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Henry Nugent's second marriage last?

2. For how long was Lynch on the island?

3. Which Lynch brother was sucker-punched in a bar fight?

4. What Christian writer did Lynch's mother frequently read?

5. In what Irish town were Lynch and Don Paterson discussing Thomas Crapper?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the modern amenities (toilet, television, etc.) change life in the old Irish cottage?

3. Why did Lynch enjoy not having access to indoor plumbing when he first visited his cousins in Ireland?

4. Why did the undertakers at the conference seem intent of developing new language to explain what they did for a living?

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

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

7. What was Lynch's view of the notion that the corpse is just an empty shell?

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

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

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

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