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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rick's attitude about life?
(a) Why does crap only happen to me?
(b) Hey, we all gotta go someday.
(c) Live each day to the fullest.
(d) Speak softly and carry a big stick.

2. What woman do Anne and Sam visit because she is dying?
(a) Mona
(b) Millie
(c) Mary
(d) Mimi

3. What do Anne's friends call her religious position?
(a) Buddhist
(b) Kinda Catholic
(c) Christian-ish
(d) Sorta Baptist

4. How does Anne describe her God during this period?
(a) Benevolent
(b) Vengeful
(c) Forgiving
(d) Patchwork

5. What does Anne say wears on her to the point that she knows she has to do something about it?
(a) Her lack of forgiveness
(b) Her messy house
(c) Her lack of cooking skills
(d) Her lack of computer skills

6. On what day does Anne make Sam skip cartoons before school as a sign of respect for the dead?
(a) Passover
(b) Good Friday
(c) All Saints Day
(d) Ash Wednesday

7. How old is Sam when Anne first takes him to church?
(a) Five months old
(b) Five days old
(c) Fifteen months old
(d) Five years old

8. What subject did Anne's father teach to prisoners?
(a) Spanish
(b) History
(c) Biology
(d) English

9. What do Mary's dimes symbolize for Anne?
(a) Money for Sam's bank
(b) Parking meter money
(c) More Starbucks this week
(d) The love and care from her church family

10. What phrase is used by people in Anne's church to anyone embarking on a trip?
(a) Safe journey.
(b) Traveling mercies.
(c) Send us a card.
(d) Take care.

11. What does Anne talk about in addition to her faith?
(a) Her job search
(b) Her cooking skills
(c) Her messy house
(d) Her human failures

12. On what do Anne's parents blame for the behavior in #10?
(a) Alcohol
(b) Women's liberation
(c) Drugs
(d) Bad manners

13. Anne is the child of ______________.
(a) Baptists
(b) Catholics
(c) atheists
(d) Methodists

14. Why does Anne think that bad things happen?
(a) Because God tests everyone at some point.
(b) God wants to see what is in your heart.
(c) They distract you from something wonderful waiting to be born.
(d) Because people are essentially bad and they deserve bad things.

15. What does Anne recall about her final days with Pammy?
(a) Going to the park to watch the children play
(b) Pammy in a wheelchair whipping Anne with her scarf to make her go faster
(c) Going to the beach and watching the sky from sunrise to sundown
(d) Going to as many concerts as possible

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do friends invite Sam to go for his birthday?

2. What does Anne call her steps toward grief recovery?

3. What does Anne consider it to be when the answer to #27 supports the answer to #26 when he cannot stand at the airport?

4. Where does Anne's family live during the time her parents' marriage is falling apart?

5. What does Anne see at the parties her parents host?

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