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

2. How many hours does Marianne work at the Co-Op a week?
(a) Forty or fifty.
(b) Sixty or seventy.
(c) Fifty or sixty.
(d) Thirty or forty.

3. What does Patrick mean by "Chance follows design"?
(a) Nothing is left to chance if it is carefully designed.
(b) First you design something then it's up to chance.
(c) No matter how you design something chance enters into it.
(d) You carefully plan something that looks like luck to an observer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What words of Abelove's have a grimly prophetic tone?

2. In the chapter, "Intensive Care," what is happening to Michael Mulvaney, Sr.?

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

4. Where does Michael Sr. live when his son, Mike, visits him?

5. Why does Patrick call the Lundts in March?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marianne think will happen when she goes to her Grandmother Hauseman's funeral?

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

3. Why is Abelove upset that Marianne accepts a ride from Hewie Miner to take her to her grandmother's funeral?

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

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

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

7. Why does Marianne run away from the Green Isle Co-Op without a word to anyone?

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

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

10. What makes Patrick decide to let Zach live?

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