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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maggie do for Ira?
(a) Makes him angry.
(b) Inspires him.
(c) Pulls him outside of himself.
(d) Not enough, he wants to leave her.

2. What does Maggie begin to think about?
(a) How Fiona is.
(b) What Ira is thinking .
(c) What her life might have been .
(d) Where Jesse is.

3. What movie do they watch at Serena's house?
(a) Serena and Mike's wedding.
(b) A bat mitzvah.
(c) An anniversary party.
(d) A baptism.

4. Why was Ira given so little attention?
(a) Because his two sisters were mentally and emotionally challenged.
(b) He behaved badly.
(c) Ira wanted to be ignored.
(d) His parents did not know how to handle them.

5. Over what period of time does the story take place?
(a) One day.
(b) A year.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

6. Who does Maggie hear on the radio?
(a) An annoying commercial .
(b) Her ex-daughter-in-law, Fiona.
(c) A discussion on talk radio.
(d) A song she loves.

7. Who does Maggie see at Serena's house?
(a) Old enemies.
(b) Her ex daughter-in-law.
(c) Many people from high school .
(d) Her father.

8. What does this section show of Serena?
(a) That she is uncaring.
(b) That she is selfish.
(c) That she misses Max.
(d) That she loves her freinds.

9. What does Serena make a mental note of?
(a) The people who are not supporting her and singing.
(b) Everyone's attitudes.
(c) The way everyone looks.
(d) The look and feel of the funeral.

10. How does Ira feel about Serena's situation?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Indifferent .
(d) Hopeful.

11. Who joins Maggie to sing?
(a) Durwood.
(b) Shaun.
(c) Alex.
(d) Michael.

12. Who is Leroy?
(a) The couple's son.
(b) Maggie's granddaughter.
(c) Maggie's lover.
(d) The hotel owner.

13. Who does Serena wish was at the funeral?
(a) Shannon.
(b) Jesse.
(c) No one.
(d) Leroy.

14. What are difficult events in life?
(a) New babies.
(b) Losing money.
(c) Having difficult times with partners.
(d) Transitions.

15. What does the day remember?
(a) The beautiful life they had together.
(b) How much Max loved his friends.
(c) Their children.
(d) Serena's past instead of her husbands.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does this make Maggie feel?

2. What is Ira in the midst of?

3. Why do they decide to help the old man?

4. Where is the couple traveling to in the first section of the book?

5. What kind of wife did Boris want?

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