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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jackie write editorials about during this period?
(a) The presidential election.
(b) The school levy.
(c) The new hospital.
(d) The coal miners strike.

2. Why is Tom disheartened by saying Mass every Sunday?
(a) He has a hard time getting converts.
(b) No one ever attends.
(c) No one helps him build a church.
(d) No one contributes to the collection.

3. With whom does Brenda fall in love?
(a) Toad.
(b) Toadstool.
(c) Tommie Boy.
(d) Toejam.

4. What does Jackie tell Tom even though he is dead when she reaches him?
(a) We're not done yet.
(b) She will never love anyone else.
(c) She will miss him forever.
(d) He was the best man she ever knew.

5. Who does Dillon see on a TV program broadcast from the Kennedy Center?
(a) James Taylor.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Lech Walesa.
(d) Frank Sinatra.

6. Who is Sim's son who is missing in the flood?
(a) Larry.
(b) Louie.
(c) Leon.
(d) Lars.

7. What does Tom finally confess to Jackie?
(a) He is divorced.
(b) He is gay.
(c) He left the priesthood.
(d) He loves her.

8. What happens when the machine moving the graves malfunctions?
(a) Remains are scattered all over the ground.
(b) The machine cannot be repaired for quite awhile.
(c) The machine tumbles down a hill.
(d) The machine falls over.

9. What happens when the dam begins to breach?
(a) Arthur Lee sounds the alarm.
(b) Arthur Lee saves Dillon.
(c) Arthur Lee can't make it back to his car.
(d) Arthur Lee is swept away.

10. Where is Tom's body taken after he is injured?
(a) Charleston Hospital.
(b) The mining office.
(c) The Red Cross station.
(d) Holiness Church.

11. When Dillon gets to the hospital, Jackie tells him that Rachel is dying because ____________________.
(a) she has had a brain aneurysm.
(b) she has had a bad heart attack.
(c) she has end-stage cancer.
(d) her lungs are filling with water.

12. What does Tom do when he is depressed?
(a) He drives around in his car.
(b) He smokes marijuana.
(c) He drinks alcohol.
(d) He puts on sad records.

13. Who becomes emotional when the graves are moved?
(a) Sim.
(b) Dolores.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Jackie.

14. Where does Tom move to eventually?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Costa Rica.
(c) Paraguay.
(d) Honduras.

15. What does the company in #134 do regarding Homeplace?
(a) They withdraw funding for Homeplace.
(b) They film a TV documentary there.
(c) They obtain rights to Homeplace.
(d) They sell Homeplace.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what addiction does Tom suffer?

2. What does the company in #134 plan to do in Homeplace?

3. Whose remains are revealed when the machine malfunctions?

4. When Tom leaves, he tells Jackie that ______________________.

5. Who/what is Rachel looking at when she dies?

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