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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 Fern's parents do?
(a) Ran a nursery.
(b) Ran a vet clinic.
(c) Photographers.
(d) Teachers.

2. Where were Mal's ashes spread?
(a) Catskills.
(b) Lake Champlain.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Paris.

3. In Chapter 11, where did Mal want to spend the Christmas he thought might be his last?
(a) London.
(b) Munich.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) Paris.

4. What was Felicity's favorite fruit?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Apples.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Grapes.

5. Where did Lucinda and Zeke live while he finished his degree?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what day of the week did Mal take his parents to see a Noel Coward play?

2. After Fenno's drive in Chapter 9 to read Lil's letter, what time does he arrive back at Tealing?

3. What bird was on the T-shirts Ralph bought for the bookstore?

4. In Chapter 14, where has Stavros spent the last three months?

5. What did Mal wear when Fenno first met Mal's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the more than ten years that Fern has known Tony, where has he lived?

2. Who were Mal's mother's heroines?

3. What does the neighbor look like when she brings a few goodies in Chapter 15?

4. In Chapter 13, where did Fenno go with Lucinda on a Friday evening?

5. What did Mal spend his time doing at the beginning of Chapter 13?

6. How did Jonah die and how did Fern learn of his death?

7. What did Lucinda say about Mal as she rode home from the benefit with Fenno?

8. In Chapter 11, why do David and Fenno go through the trash from the dinner that was held after Paul's memorial service?

9. Why did Mal retire?

10. How does Tony leave a place that he has borrowed?

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