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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 was the name of Paul's wife?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Maureen.
(c) Bridget.
(d) Rachel.

2. How old was Paul's wife when they met?
(a) 20.
(b) 19.
(c) 26.
(d) 28.

3. How old was Paul when he met his wife?
(a) 24.
(b) 31.
(c) 25.
(d) 29.

4. What month did Fenno's bookstore open?
(a) June.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) May.

5. How old was Fenno in 1986?
(a) 31.
(b) 29.
(c) 33.
(d) 27.

Short Answer Questions

1. What design was on the formal china that Fenno's mother selected when she got married?

2. In 1986 how many of Fenno's friends died of complications of AIDS within the past year?

3. What color dresses do Dennis and Veronique's daughters wear to Paul's funeral?

4. How old were Paul's boys when he and his wife moved to a house called Tealing?

5. What flowers were flattened to build kennels for Paul's wife's dogs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Paul meet his wife?

2. What was a major expenditure in furnishing the bookstore, and why was it a wise investment?

3. What is inside the envelope that Fenno finds addressed to him in his father's desk?

4. What does Fenno say about his mother's death in Chapter 4?

5. Who was Colin Swift?

6. How was the bookstore doing a year and a half after Ralph and Fenno opened the shop?

7. Who was Malachy Burns?

8. What are Fenno's nieces trying to do to him when he wakes at the beginning of Chapter 6?

9. What is Dennis's family like?

10. What other option did Fenno have instead of opening the bookstore with Ralph?

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