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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Patrick tells Zachary he's the brother of the girl he raped?
(a) Zachary laughs.
(b) Zachary asks which girl.
(c) Zachary insists he never raped Marianne.
(d) Zachary apologizes.

2. What happens on the first day of summer in the chapter titled, "On My Own"?
(a) Judd moves home again.
(b) Corrine files for divorce.
(c) Michael Sr. moves away.
(d) Michael Sr. files for bakruptcy.

3. What does Marianne do after Whit tends to Muffin?
(a) She runs away again.
(b) She goes back to college.
(c) She looks for a job near Stump Creek Hill to pay for Muffin's treatments.
(d) She stays to work at Stump Creek Hill shelter.

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

5. What does Judd think when Corrine tells him that Patrick is going to be at the reunion?
(a) He doubted Patrick would be there.
(b) He would have some choice words for him if he did.
(c) He couldn't wait to see him.
(d) He hoped he didn't come.

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

7. What does Michael Sr. want to have done with his ashes?
(a) To sprinkle them at his beloved Mt. Ephraim Country Club.
(b) Have his ashes scattered.
(c) To divide them up between them.
(d) To scatter them on their old farm.

8. On the morning after the funeral, what personal question does Abelove ask Marianne?
(a) If they could live together, like test driving a car.
(b) If there was anything he could do to help her.
(c) If they could live together and maybe marry.
(d) He wanted to know if he could talk to her parents and smooth things over for her.

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

10. When Patrick pretends to be an old friend of Zach's when he calls, what does Zach's mother say?
(a) That she and her husband appreciated Zach's friend's loyalty.
(b) She couldn't remember the name of the girl who'd made accusations about her son after a party.
(c) All the answers were correct.
(d) The girl was sent away and she didn't know what happened to the father.

11. What does Corrine say after they scatter her husband's ashes?
(a) He'd think it was funny.
(b) She can hear dad laughing.
(c) This is funny.
(d) All the answers are correct.

12. What words of Abelove's have a grimly prophetic tone?
(a) "Disappeared without a trace."
(b) "Gone but never forgotten."
(c) "Up in smoke."
(d) "Vanished off the face of the Earth."

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

14. Where does Marianne go after leaving the Co-Op?
(a) Spartansburg, Pennsylvania.
(b) Erie, Pennsylvania.
(c) Ithaca, New York.
(d) No one knows.

15. What does Aunt Ethel tell her about her mother?
(a) Her mother wants her to attend her grandmother's funeral.
(b) That her mother is going to the funeral alone.
(c) Her mother doesn't want her to attend her grandmother's funeral.
(d) Her mother wanted Aunt Ethel to call and tell her about her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Marianne's last thoughts as she leaves Abelove's office?

2. Where does Michael Mulvaney move after he leaves Corrine?

3. What does Patrick mean by "Chance follows design"?

4. What does Judd reply when his mother tells him that his father loves him?

5. What does Abelove say about Marianne's relationship with the Co-Op?

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