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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Serena demand?
(a) That she get some sympathy.
(b) That everyone leave her house.
(c) That they leave the house.
(d) That someone buy her food.

2. Where does everyone go after the funeral?
(a) To a resturant.
(b) To the funeral home.
(c) To Serena's house.
(d) Out for drinks.

3. Where do they crash?
(a) Into a ditch.
(b) Into another car.
(c) Onto a median.
(d) Into a wall.

4. Why do they decide to help the old man?
(a) They can see he is in distress.
(b) He threatens them.
(c) Ira feels sorry for him.
(d) Others see them harm him on the highway.

5. What time was very important to Serena?
(a) Time with her friends.
(b) Time with her children.
(c) Her high school years.
(d) Time with her mother.

6. What was Ira like when he and Maggie were in school?
(a) Very popular.
(b) Removed; he had an ill family to support.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Happy-go-lucky.

7. Was it nice to see old friends?
(a) No, Ira hates leaving the house.
(b) Yes, only to learn about their lives.
(c) No, Maggie does not like reminders of her past.
(d) Sometimes, but they are happy they live far away.

8. What does Serena wear to the wedding?
(a) All black.
(b) A red dress.
(c) A large hat.
(d) Very high heeled shoes.

9. What does Ira wish existed in his life?
(a) Riches.
(b) New people.
(c) Spontaneity.
(d) A new house.

10. How does this make Maggie feel?
(a) Annoyed .
(b) Sad.
(c) Angered.
(d) Confused.

11. How does he feel about his children?
(a) He wishes he could connect with them.
(b) He has little reguard for them.
(c) He leaves their upbringing to Maggie.
(d) He loves them dearly.

12. What does Ira think of other people?
(a) No one cares about other people.
(b) Ira loves hanging around other people and learning about their lives.
(c) That they know nothing of the human condition.
(d) That they waste too much time on petty differences.

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

14. Where is the couple traveling to in the first section of the book?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) California.

15. Maggie is always afraid of _____.
(a) dating new people
(b) disappointing any of her friends
(c) hurting Ira's feelings
(d) meeting new people

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do they take the shaken old man?

2. Who was sick in Ira's family?

3. How did Maggie and Ira become closer?

4. What does Maggie begin to imagine?

5. Does Ira wish to make an extra stop?

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