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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marianne feel about Abelove?
(a) She wanted to marry him.
(b) She respected him but didn't want to get close.
(c) She laughed at him behind his back.
(d) She had a schoolgirl crush on him.

2. Why doesn't Judd recognize Patrick when they meet the night before Easter?
(a) Patrick is wearing a mask.
(b) Patrick is tougher looking and has a beard.
(c) Patrick has dyed hair.
(d) Patrick is wearing a disguise.

3. In the chapter titled, "Gone," what does Judd admit doing with his father's ashes?
(a) He peeked at his father's ashes.
(b) He didn't admit doing anything to the ashes.
(c) He dropped a penny in the box of ashes for good luck.
(d) He accidentally spilled the ashes.

4. After Marianne arrives at the hospital, what does Judd tell her about their father?
(a) All the answers are correct.
(b) Their father is a charity case.
(c) Their father is indigent.
(d) Their father is an alcoholic.

5. What member of the family is missing at Michael Mulvaney Sr.'s funeral?
(a) Judd.
(b) Mike Jr.
(c) Corrine.
(d) Patrick.

6. How does Marianne meet Dr. Whittaker West?
(a) He's a vet and she takes Muffin there.
(b) They are set up on a blind date.
(c) She is sick and needs a doctor.
(d) He is her college professor.

7. How does Judd reply when Patrick asks how their mother is taking the sale of the farm?
(a) Judd says she's okay, that she is the one handling most of it.
(b) He says he can't tell if she's acting okay or if she really is okay.
(c) He admits it is very hard on her.
(d) Judd says she cries a lot.

8. What happens after Patrick changes his thesis topic three times?
(a) He was told he had to do exactly what his adviser wanted or drop the course.
(b) He was notified he'd been assigned a new adviser.
(c) He was notified he was failing the course.
(d) He was told he could not change his mind again.

9. What has been happening with Patrick since his father's death?
(a) Patrick is more muscular with shaggy hair.
(b) All the answers are correct.
(c) Patrick is now working with autistic children.
(d) Patrick's girlfriend, Katya, and he are living in California.

10. On the morning following her trip to the funeral, what does Abelove ask Marianne about Hewie?
(a) If she loves Hewie.
(b) What Hewie did to her.
(c) What Hewie said about him while they were away.
(d) Why she asked him for a ride.

11. What does Hewie admit when he and Marianne get back to the Co-Op after going to her grandmother's funeral?
(a) That he wanted Abelove's job.
(b) That he loved Marianne.
(c) That he wouldn't tell anyone what she told him.
(d) That he was leaving the Co-Op.

12. What happens to Corrine's antiques?
(a) They are put out for a big yard sale.
(b) They put everything in a giant shed.
(c) In the attic of their new home.
(d) Some are sold, others are stored in the new house.

13. What happens to Michael Sr. in Rochester?
(a) He finds a good job.
(b) He sends for Corrine.
(c) His drinking increases.
(d) He quits drinking.

14. What does Abelove have to swallow his pride to do for the Co-Op?
(a) Scrub floors.
(b) Search for benefactors.
(c) Cook meals.
(d) Drum up business.

15. Who is Birk?"
(a) Birk is Marianne's boyfriend.
(b) Abelove's assistant who disappeared.
(c) Birk is a day worker at the Co-Op.
(d) Abelove's real name is Birk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marianne do after Whit tends to Muffin?

2. What does Zachary do when Patrick stops his car and points a rifle at him?

3. What has been happening to Mike Jr. since his father's death?

4. What words of Abelove's have a grimly prophetic tone?

5. When does Abelove discover that Marianne has left the Co-Op?

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