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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 is Stump Creek Hill?
(a) A federal and state licensed zoo.
(b) A veterinary clinic.
(c) A home for sick, injured, abandoned, and elderly animals.
(d) All the answers are correct.

2. What are Marianne's last thoughts as she leaves Abelove's office?
(a) That she couldn't wait to call home.
(b) She needed to see Hewie.
(c) That she wanted to tell all her friends at the Co-Op.
(d) None of the answers are correct.

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

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

5. What does an elderly tenant have in the backyard of Judd's new home?
(a) A rocking chair.
(b) A rabbit pen.
(c) A coop of chickens.
(d) A small garden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What member of the family is missing at Michael Mulvaney Sr.'s funeral?

3. Who is Birk?"

4. What happens to Marianne when she cries while shoveling snow?

5. What does Michael Sr. suddenly blurt out to Mike Jr. during his visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marianne leave Penelope Hagstrom's?

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

3. What bothers Judd the most after his father's death when they go to scatter his ashes?

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

5. What does Corrine mean by Marianne's rag-quilt life?

6. What happens when Judd tries to protect his mother from his father's abuse?

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

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

9. What happens to Michael Sr. that finally initiates the phone call Marianne has been waiting for from her mother?

10. At what kind of place in her life is Corrine as she plans for the Fourth of July celebration in 1993?

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