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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 days was Reader waked?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) He wasn't waked.
(d) Three.

2. Approximately how many caskets can someone choose from at the Lynch funeral home?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

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

4. When was the Oak Grove Bridge declared unsafe for vehicular traffic?
(a) Mid 1970s.
(b) Early 1970s.
(c) Late 1970s.
(d) Late 1960s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What singing group did Lynch desire to emulate?

2. How many bridges once crossed the town's river?

3. To what society club did Lynch belong?

4. In what year did Jack Kevorkian assist in his first suicide?

5. When is the Milford Memories festival held?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Lynch react to the body of the young man who shot himself in Chapter 9?

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

4. How did the funeral processions through town change when the Oak Grove bridge collapsed?

5. Describe Matthew Sweeney's personality.

6. Describe Lynch's grandmothers.

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

8. What kind of music did Lynch want at his funeral?

9. What did Lynch want from his funeral, when all was said and done?

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

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