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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. In Chapter 1, what does Victor do that makes his wife Barbra nervous?
(a) Pace.
(b) Start a fire outside.
(c) Cook.
(d) Go skydiving.

2. In Chapter 3, who does Gary know he will care about forever?
(a) Twyla.
(b) Victor.
(c) Avery.
(d) Barbra.

3. In Chapter 6, why is Alex's daughter upset?
(a) Alex's daughter has just broken up with her boyfriend.
(b) Alex's daughter has just had a fight with her best friend.
(c) Alex's daughter does not want to go to summer camp.
(d) Alex's daughter has been asked by her father to lie to one of her father's girlfriends.

4. In Chapter 4, what does Victor give Avery in exchange for not telling her mother he was smoking around her?
(a) A new phone.
(b) A new, expensive dress.
(c) $100.
(d) A puppy.

5. In Chapter 7, what does Barbra tell Avery she can have when Barbra dies?
(a) Barbra's cat.
(b) Barbra's diamond broach.
(c) Barbra's amethyst ring.
(d) Barbra's clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, who was Barbra engaged to before she met Victor?

2. Where did Alex and Gary grow up?

3. In Chapter 12, what do men often compliment Barbra on?

4. In Chapter 13, what is one of Barbra's predominant feelings about Victor's impending death?

5. In Chapter 6, who is Alex's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, why has Alex given up on her parents years ago?

2. In Chapter 12, what does Barbra grow up wanting from a relationship?

3. In Chapter 5, what is unusual about Corey's living situation?

4. In Chapter 2, why is Alex oddly exhilarated by the news of her father's grave illness?

5. In Chapter 12, what does Victor tell Alex and Gary when they are upset after their grandmother's death?

6. In Chapter 3, when does Gary realize that something might be seriously wrong in his family?

7. In Chapter 9, what happens when Gary plans to fly to New Orleans to be with his family as Victor is dying?

8. In Chapter 12, what does Barbra's friend Cora tell her about how to entice Victor more?

9. In Chapter 11, what does Barbra ask Alex to do with Victor?

10. In Chapter 11, what does Alex remember about her mother Barbra's life-long approach to food?

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