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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. How does Alex describe Matthias' literary preference?
(a) Of a spiritual nature.
(b) Leaning toward mysteries.
(c) Eclectic.
(d) Strictly intellectual.

2. What does Nona threaten Alex with in the trailer?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A heavy lamp.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

3. By what artist does Alex say the face of the waitress at the restaurant where he and Ezra meet looks as though it were painted by?
(a) Modigliani.
(b) Vermeer.
(c) Picasso.
(d) Matisse.

4. Who once called the cherimoya fruit "deliciousness of deliciousness?"
(a) Ezra Maimon.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Garland Swopes.
(d) Mark Twain.

5. Who does Houten tell Alex died of cancer ten years ago?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did the monks leave the monastery that is now the Retreat?

2. What years is on Volume 1 of Mr. Swopes' ledgers?

3. What does Raoul say oncologists face every day?

4. A banner for what sports team hangs over Woody's bed in the Swopes' house?

5. What does Doug refer to as "poison" when he enters the trailer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Raoul initially refuse to leave La Vista?

2. Why is Alex particularly concerned about Ricky Moody following the death of Richard Moody?

3. Why does Doug feel he, Nona, and Woody are a family?

4. How does Alex gain access to the trailer where Nona and Woody are staying?

5. Who does Nona say took Woody from the hospital and why?

6. What is significant about the route Ezra and Alex take to Ezra's home?

7. What does the name of the sect "The Touch" refer to?

8. What is significant about the back road Alex notices on the county map in the La Vista police station?

9. What is Alex's initial impression of the Touch's Retreat?

10. What reason does Raoul give Alex for choosing oncology as his specialty?

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