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

2. How does Patrick feel as he drives away from the bog?
(a) He is numb.
(b) He is mad for not following through with his plan.
(c) He is upset that he killed someone.
(d) He is feeling elated.

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

4. How does Marianne respond to Abelove's personal question?
(a) She thanked him.
(b) She told him she had to leave.
(c) She said she had work to do.
(d) All the answers are correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on the first day of summer in the chapter titled, "On My Own"?

2. Why does Aunt Ethel call Marianne?

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

4. What happens when Abelove finds Marianne crying in the greenhouse?

5. How does her roommate Felece-Marie react to Marianne's disappearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can be said about Michael Sr.'s life after he leaves Corrine?

2. What makes Patrick decide to let Zach live?

3. What is happening to Marianne's grades in college and why is it happening?

4. What does Michael Sr. want done with his body after he dies?

5. How does Corrine react to Judd's moving away from home?

6. How does Judd explain to Patrick about their mother's behavior on Sunday mornings?

7. While he waits for Zach Lundt to come out of the Cobb's Corner bar, who besides Zach Lundt does Patrick also think about shooting?

8. What is the nightmare about that awakens a terrified Patrick just fifteen days before his plan to confront Zach Lundt?

9. Why is it so important to Marianne that her father really does ask to see her?

10. What seems to be happening to Corrine in the chapter, "Hard Reckoning?"

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