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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nancy do when she comes in to the shop?
(a) Drinks a lot of tea.
(b) Just sits, but never talks or drinks.
(c) Yells at Hugo.
(d) Cries.

2. What does Hugo tell Wallace that Wallace is surprised by in Chapter 8?
(a) Hugo died once.
(b) Hugo can not read.
(c) Hugo made mistakes.
(d) Hugo was married once.

3. What does Mei say her and Hug's job is for spirits?
(a) Nothing.
(b) To get them through the door.
(c) To help them make amends in their old lives.
(d) To make them better.

4. Why does Wallace do what he does to his employee in Chapter 1?
(a) He says he knows she needs the money.
(b) He says she filed a brief late.
(c) He says there is no reason for it.
(d) He says she is a great employee.

5. What is Wallace's last name?
(a) Price.
(b) James.
(c) Henry.
(d) Jackson.

6. What is the one kind thing Naomi says she remembers Wallace doing for her?
(a) Divorcing her.
(b) Giving her a ring.
(c) Buying flowers for her.
(d) Bringing her a cup of soup.

7. Who is one of Wallace's business partners?
(a) Smith.
(b) Worthington.
(c) Henley.
(d) Wallingford.

8. How does Wallace die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Shooting.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Cancer.

9. What happens in the end of Chapter 5 when Wallace gets angry?
(a) The lights flare.
(b) Glass breaks.
(c) Apollo yelps.
(d) Wallace's hand hurts.

10. How long after his lengthy interaction with his employee in Chapter 1 does Wallace die?
(a) 6 days.
(b) One week.
(c) 2 days.
(d) One month.

11. What does Hugo say to Wallace at the very end of Chapter 10?
(a) He tells Wallace he loves him.
(b) He yells at Wallace for being so stubborn.
(c) He tells Wallace that Wallace has to go soon.
(d) He thanks Wallace and says he needed that.

12. Where does the ferryman tell Wallace he will make his crossing, eventually, to the afterlife?
(a) The door on the fourth floor of the shop.
(b) The library.
(c) The airfield.
(d) The river.

13. What does Nelson tell Wallace about the faces we see in our dreams?
(a) They are all of priests.
(b) They are all of people we have seen before.
(c) They are all of people who are dead.
(d) They are all of imaginary people.

14. Who is Nelson?
(a) The reaper.
(b) The god in charge of everything.
(c) The ferryman's grandfather.
(d) The dog.

15. What vehicle does Hugo sometimes use?
(a) A sports car.
(b) A scooter.
(c) A truck.
(d) A van.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mei do when she sees what Wallace wears after he tries to change clothes?

2. Who is the husband of the employee Wallace is speaking to in Chapter 1?

3. What does Wallace do for a living?

4. How many people come to Wallace's funeral?

5. What is Wallace wearing when he dies?

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