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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 Reader want done with his body after death?
(a) He wanted to be buried in a simple shroud.
(b) He wanted to be cremated.
(c) He wanted it donated to medical training.
(d) He wanted to be buried in a simple cardboard box.

2. How many bridges once crossed the town's river?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

3. What singing group did Lynch desire to emulate?
(a) The Rolling Stones.
(b) The Everly Brothers.
(c) Simon and Garfunkel.
(d) The Who.

4. To what society club did Lynch belong?
(a) West Side Social Club.
(b) Masons.
(c) Elks.
(d) Rotary.

5. What kind of car did the two teachers commit suicide in?
(a) Ford.
(b) Chrysler.
(c) Dodge.
(d) Oldsmobile.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many days was Reader waked?

3. In what decade of life did most of the Lynch men die?

4. Approximately how many suicides had Kevorkian assisted in by the end of 1996?

5. When is the Milford Memories festival held?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Lynch describe people's different approaches to living life at the end of Chapter 8 and which approach did Sweeney take?

5. What did Lynch see as the advantage of being at the midpoint of one's life?

6. Describe Matthew Sweeney's personality.

7. How did Lynch feel about the prospect of his loved ones feeling guilt at his funeral?

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

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

10. How does Lynch view the current state of debate over abortion?

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