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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one realize about Judd in the opening of the chapter, "Every Heartbeat?"
(a) He is lazy.
(b) He is a dreamer.
(c) He is a lonely boy.
(d) He is sneaky.

2. Where does Michael Mulvaney Sr. go in the chapter titled "Dignity?"
(a) To work.
(b) To Ithaca to visit Patrick.
(c) To the store.
(d) Mt. Ephraim Country Club.

3. In the chapter titled "Reverse Prayer", what does Patrick say to Judd when he calls?
(a) He confides in Judd that he hates college.
(b) He asks to speak to their mother.
(c) He asks what happened to their father at the country club.
(d) He asks for Judd's help.

4. What metaphor does Patrick use to explain what's happened to their father?
(a) Their father is a child who no one wants to play with.
(b) Their father has fallen off his pedestal.
(c) A frog whose life is sucked out of it by a giant water spider.
(d) Their father is a casualty of war.

5. In the chapter titled "Phase," what does Michael Sr. begin doing late at night?
(a) Smoking and drinking beer or whiskey.
(b) Having nightmares.
(c) Sleeping more soundly than usual.
(d) Going for long walks by himself.

6. When Corrine and Judd visit Marianne what does the Co-Op Director, Abelove, say that upsets Corrine?
(a) Abelove says he wants to marry Marianne.
(b) Abelove says that all Marianne needs is faith in herself.
(c) Abelove says he wants Marianne to quit college and work more at the Co-Op.
(d) Abelove says Marianne is a very poor student.

7. How does Corrine find out that Marianne has been raped?
(a) Marianne told her.
(b) Mother's intuition.
(c) Doctor Oakley told her.
(d) The boy who raped her told her.

8. Who is Corrine almost engaged to before she meets Michael?
(a) A fellow college student named Jerry.
(b) Another young man staying at Schroon Lake for the summer.
(c) A foreign exchange student.
(d) A friend from home named Jerry.

9. What happens when Marianne drops her garment bag?
(a) She starts crying.
(b) She grabs it back from Patrick and tells him to let her do it.
(c) She acts panicky, quickly refusing Patrick's help.
(d) She lets Patrick pick it up.

10. How is Michael Sr. greeted when he enters the Yankee Doodle Tap Room?
(a) His old friends say hello and even strangers nod.
(b) A few men nod, but most people try to ignore him.
(c) One person pats him on the back and asks how Corrine is.
(d) The bartender tells him that he isn't welcome there anymore.

11. What is written about Patrick as a baby?
(a) Patrick was a quiet and shy baby.
(b) Patrick was a lively child who got into things.
(c) Patrick was the largest baby.
(d) Patrick was a demanding baby.

12. What words does Michael say at Schroon Lake that Corrine remembers twenty-four years later as she sits in Dr. Oakley's office?
(a) "Marry me. I'll love you forever."
(b) "Love me! I'm more than enough."
(c) "Let's elope."
(d) "Stay with me forever."

13. How old is Judd when Patrick makes his request?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Seventeen.

14. Who approaches Corrine at the post office?
(a) Rev. Earkin.
(b) Mrs. Weidman.
(c) Michael.
(d) Lydia Bethune.

15. In the chapter "Plastica," what does Patrick tell Judd when he calls home?
(a) That he's going rock climbing.
(b) That he's going to a rock concert.
(c) That he's joining the crowd and going out more.
(d) That he's started working in plastic art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Judd asks his mother if Marianne is sick?

2. Why doesn't Patrick recognize Marianne when he finally sees her?

3. What is the name of Marianne's horse?

4. Who is Muffin?

5. Where does Patrick go in September 1976?

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