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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 California town did Lynch imagine dying in in his analogy?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Santa Barbara.

2. What did Uncle Eddie need help coming up with as he was starting his suicide cleanup business?
(a) An easy to remember 800 number.
(b) A newspaper ad.
(c) Brochures.
(d) A snappy Yellow Pages ad.

3. In Lynch's analogy of life as a trip across America, at what point do you meet a girl?
(a) The Poconos.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Memphis.
(d) The Appalachians.

4. When did Lynch feel his midpoint had arrived?
(a) The day he buried his mother.
(b) The day he took over the family business.
(c) The day he buried his father.
(d) The day his second child was born.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the simple cardboard box cost?

2. What drink did Lynch give to Sweeney after telling him the story of the man killed by the falling car?

3. What distinguishes coffins from caskets?

4. Where did Lynch meet Sweeney?

5. Approximately how many caskets can someone choose from at the Lynch funeral home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

5. Describe Lynch's grandmothers.

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

7. Why did authors such as Jessica Mitford attack the funeral industry?

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

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

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

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