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

2. Before Kevorkian, how many attempted suicides were women?
(a) Nine out of ten.
(b) Five out of six.
(c) Three out of five.
(d) Seven out of ten.

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

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

5. What did Lynch want his loved ones to do at the graveside?
(a) Skip the graveside service.
(b) Leave as soon as the service is over.
(c) Stay until the body is lowered into the ground.
(d) Bury the body themselves.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When were the first sealed caskets made?

3. What was the first name of the girl Lynch met and fell in love with?

4. What singing group did Lynch desire to emulate?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why have more and more Americans opted for cremation, according to Lynch?

2. What characteristic of "successful" suicides did Lynch say he admired?

3. What perspective did Lynch reach on the night his mother was buried?

4. Describe Matthew Sweeney's personality.

5. Describe Lynch's grandmothers.

6. What did Lynch mean when he said that "in even the best of caskets, it never all fits"?

7. Why do people feel the need to memorialize the dead?

8. How does Sweeney approach the consuming of food delicacies?

9. Why did Lynch suggest February as a good month for his death and burial?

10. What statement does a casket, versus a simple coffin, make?

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