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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some of the people at the Co-Op suspect Abelove knows?
(a) He knows how to be invisible so he can hear everything they say.
(b) Government secrets.
(c) Their darkest secrets.
(d) Everything about them.

2. What does Patrick do when Zachary begins sinking in the bog?
(a) He watches as Zachary goes under and drowns.
(b) He suddenly changes his mind and pulls him out.
(c) He laughs and tells him he's getting what he deserves.
(d) He turns around and walks away.

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

4. Where does Patrick decide he is going to take Zachary Lundt to get revenge?
(a) To the sewage treatment plant.
(b) None of the answers are correct.
(c) To the lake.
(d) Back to where Zach raped Marianne.

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

6. Why does Michael Sr. ask Mike about a white horse?
(a) Michael has been dreaming and in the dream is a white horse.
(b) Michael is trying to change the subject from his drinking.
(c) He's delirious.
(d) White Horse is a cheap whiskey he wants his son to buy him.

7. What does Marianne do for work after leaving the Co-Op?
(a) Marianne works as an assistant to Penelope Hagstrom, a poet and philanthropist.
(b) She is in college.
(c) She started painting.
(d) She is a maid for a wealthy family.

8. What has been happening to Marianne since her father's death?
(a) She is living with Corrine.
(b) She has moved on a few more times.
(c) She and Witt are happily married with two children.
(d) After moving to Pittsburgh she is finally settling down.

9. What finally happens while Marianne is working at Stump Creek Hill?
(a) Patrick shows up and suprises her.
(b) Corrine calls to tell her to come to Rochester.
(c) Judd comes for a visit.
(d) Corrine calls to tell her she wants her to come home.

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

11. What does Abelove say about Marianne's relationship with the Co-Op?
(a) He wanted to put her in charge of looking for benefactors.
(b) He wanted her to be an Associate Director.
(c) He wanted her to take charge of the kitchen.
(d) He wanted her to be manager of the gardens.

12. Where does Michael Sr. live when his son, Mike, visits him?
(a) In a one-room apartment.
(b) Above the Golden Pavilion Chinese Restaurant.
(c) In the projects.
(d) In the back room of the Golden Pavilion Chinese Restaurant.

13. Why does Marianne leave Penelope Hagstrom's?
(a) All the answers are correct.
(b) Penelope wanted Marianne to become associate director of her foundation.
(c) The woman wanted her to help with her poetry.
(d) The woman offered her a higher paid position.

14. Who is the professor who serves as Patrick's adviser in college?
(a) Doctor Henning.
(b) Professor Herring.
(c) Professor Henning.
(d) Doctor Herring.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Corrine's antiques?

2. What kind of day is it when they dispose of Michael's ashes?

3. What does Whit West do for Muffin?

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

5. What does an elderly tenant have in the backyard of Judd's new home?

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