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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 happened to Hugo's parents?
(a) They both had heart attacks.
(b) They were shot.
(c) They drowned.
(d) They died in a car accident.

2. What does Wallace wake Mei up for in Part II?
(a) To tell her he can never sleep again.
(b) To tell her there is a fire.
(c) To tell her the alarm is sounding.
(d) To tell her the cat needs to be fed.

3. What was Mei not used to in her own family?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Anger.
(c) Physical affection.
(d) Special holidays.

4. What tethers Wallace to the ferryman?
(a) A hat.
(b) A silver hook and cord.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A bracelet.

5. What is Wallace's first memory of death?
(a) His wife's death.
(b) Being told of his grandfather's death.
(c) His mother's death.
(d) His brother's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mei call the hook and cable that connects Wallace and Hugo?

2. How does Wallace die?

3. Who is the young woman Wallace does not recognize at his funeral?

4. What does Wallace do with Hugo at the end of Chapter 10?

5. What is Mei?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wallace desperately want to do that he sees Nelson doing in Chapter 8?

2. What does Wallace realize he has no desire to do as a spirit?

3. What does Hugo tell Wallace about the reaper Hugo had before Mei when Wallace asks in Chapter 8?

4. What is Wallace's first experience with death?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Hugo tell Wallace about how he became a ferryman?

6. Why does Wallace fire Patricia?

7. Why do Mei and Hugo not eat in front of Nelson and Wallace?

8. What connects Wallace and Hugo?

9. In Chapter 9, what does Mei tell Wallace of her family?

10. Why does Mei come to Wallace's funeral?

(see the answer keys)

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