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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 does Zachary do when Patrick stops his car and points a rifle at him?
(a) He wets himself.
(b) He cries.
(c) He begs not to be shot.
(d) All answers are correct.

2. Where does Michael Mulvaney move after he leaves Corrine?
(a) Ithaca.
(b) Erie.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Yewville.

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

4. What does Marianne decide after Judd tells her that their father is asking for her and only her?
(a) That her father was probably also asking for her brothers.
(b) That he was making it up to make her feel better.
(c) That she would believe him.
(d) That Judd was jealous.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Judd refer to the area of town where he lives after leaving his parent's home?

2. Why does Judd finally leave home?

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

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

5. What happens after Patrick changes his thesis topic three times?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what kind of place is Judd as he heads to the Fourth of July celebration in 1993?

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

3. What does Dr. Whittaker West do for Marianne that makes her very grateful?

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

5. How does Patrick explain to Judd the reason he doesn't want to see their parents?

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

7. What does Marianne do when Abelove's assistant, Birk, disappears?

8. 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?

9. Why, after Marianne admits she is in love with Abelove, doesn't she want to accept his proposal?

10. Why does Mike Jr. visit his father in Rochester?

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