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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. In what year was Matthew Sweeney born?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1948.

2. Approximately how many suicides had Kevorkian assisted in by the end of 1996?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 65.
(d) 45.

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

4. What kind of food was served at The Red Fort?
(a) Afghan.
(b) Thai.
(c) Indian.
(d) Chinese.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what society club did Lynch belong?

2. With what did the cuckolded husband kill himself in Chapter 10?

3. What distinguishes coffins from caskets?

4. When were the first sealed caskets made?

5. What did Uncle Eddie need help coming up with as he was starting his suicide cleanup business?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Lynch mean when he said that "in even the best of caskets, it never all fits"?

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

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

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

7. Describe Matthew Sweeney's personality.

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

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

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

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