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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 Kevorkian's attorney suggest for the doctor?
(a) A political career.
(b) A Nobel Prize.
(c) A position as Surgeon General.
(d) A Medal of Honor.

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

3. In what state did someone reach the midpoint of their lives?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Ohio.

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

5. What was Reader's favorite holiday?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Fourth of July.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Reader want done with his body after death?

2. What was Kevorkian's training in?

3. What did Lynch want his loved ones to do at the graveside?

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

5. What kind of car did the two teachers commit suicide in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Janet Adkins ask Jack Kevorkian to assist in her suicide?

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

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

7. How do Lynch and his wife differ in their views of Milford as they walk through town in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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