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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 - Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feast does Karina make on Christmas Eve?
(a) Wigilia.
(b) La Vigilia.
(c) Kūčios.
(d) The 13 Desserts.

2. Where does Richard go in Chapter Twelve?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) The Public Garden.
(c) Church.
(d) The local mall.

3. What Christmas Eve dessert is Grace's specialty?
(a) Makowiec.
(b) Napoleonka.
(c) Paczki.
(d) Mazurek.

4. Why does Richard feel humiliated when Karina visits him in the third chapter?
(a) Because he trips and falls.
(b) Because he cannot open a bottle of wine.
(c) Because he forgets important information.
(d) Because he drops a glass.

5. The results of the swallowing study performed after Christmas Eve prompt what change in Richard?
(a) A tracheostomy.
(b) The removal of some of his intestine.
(c) The insertion of a feeding tube.
(d) The use of a wheelchair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Richard's childhood piano teacher?

2. Who is Grace?

3. Upon arriving back at his condo in Chapter Twelve, what does Richard find?

4. What two emotions kept Richard from telling Grace about his ALS?

5. Richard's nurse-practitioner advises him to do what to his liquids?

(see the answer key)

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