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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 Jo explain to the person who brings the dog to the office?
(a) Her surgery costs.
(b) Organic pet food.
(c) Options regarding the dog.
(d) Dogs for the blind.

2. What does Jo realize as the source of her vivid memories lately?
(a) Looking at yearbooks.
(b) Going to a funeral.
(c) The mention of Eli's name.
(d) Listening to old records.

3. Where does Licia sleep because she is afraid to sleep alone?
(a) Her parents' home.
(b) In a dorm.
(c) In Larry's room.
(d) At a hotel.

4. Whom does Licia find the most attractive in the group house?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Jim.
(c) Eli.
(d) Phil.

5. What does Jo think about as she drives home after seeing Eli in the office?
(a) She would like to get a divorce to marry Eli.
(b) He seems much like he did on the day she said goodbye many years ago.
(c) He is even more handsome than she remembered him being.
(d) She wonders if Eli is going to make a pass at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jo caution against Eli staying in the room while she takes care of the dog?

2. Whom do Dana's sisters blame for Dana's death?

3. When Licia called her mother on Christmas, her mother told her that she did not want to hear from Licia until Licia returned home or _____________________.

4. What possession of Licia's do the police enter into evidence?

5. What does Jo say will be necessary to keep the dog alive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jo say might account for her feeling off during dinner with Daniel?

2. Why does Licia seem to fit in so well with the group members who seem to have no real plans?

3. What choice does Eli make for his dog and for himself in Jo's office?

4. How do Jo and Daniel reconnect and then marry?

5. How did Jo get her start in veterinary medicine?

6. Describe the night when Licia finds Dana's dead body in the house.

7. How do Dana's sisters act when they come to the house to pick up Dana's belongings?

8. Who are Jo and Daniel's daughters and how are they different from each other?

9. Who is Dana, and how does Licia (Jo) meet her?

10. What are some of the events that the author covers during a flashback of Jo's life?

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