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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 assisted suicides are cremated?
(a) Four out of seven.
(b) Nine out of ten.
(c) Seven out of ten.
(d) Three out of five.

2. What drink did Lynch give to Sweeney after telling him the story of the man killed by the falling car?
(a) Rum.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Scotch.

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

4. Approximately what percentage of Americans move at any given time?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What singing group did Lynch desire to emulate?

2. How long was the old-fashioned mourning period?

3. How much did the mahogany casket cost?

4. What are people not allowed to do at the trestle known as the Arch?

5. What distinguishes coffins from caskets?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Lynch view a world in which certain deaths are acceptable (abortion, war, capital punishment)?

4. What lesson did Lynch want to teach Sweeney with his story of the man killed by the falling vehicle at the scrap metal yard?

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

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

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

8. Describe Matthew Sweeney's personality.

9. How do most people view undertakers, according to Lynch?

10. Describe Lynch's grandmothers.

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