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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard decides to return home after sitting on the bench, what happens?
(a) He cannot move his leg.
(b) He cannot remember how to get home.
(c) His laxative kicks in.
(d) He meets an old friend.

2. Upon arriving back at his condo in Chapter Twelve, what does Richard find?
(a) He has lost his key.
(b) Karina is waiting for him.
(c) His phone is ringing upstairs.
(d) There is no one to let him back inside.

3. Where does Elise invite Karina as they take their morning walk in Chapter Eight?
(a) On the student trip to New York City.
(b) On the student trip to New Orleans.
(c) On the student trip to Chicago.
(d) On the student trip to Memphis.

4. Whom does Richard attempt to call at the end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Maxine.
(b) Bill.
(c) Caring Health.
(d) Karina.

5. As Richard gets dressed in the sixth chapter, what makes him feel demoralized?
(a) Thoughts of his car that he will never again drive.
(b) His inability to take care of himself.
(c) The sight of all the wine he cannot open.
(d) His closet full of clothes he cannot button or fasten.

6. What does Bill add to Richard's milkshake in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Medicine to ease muscle rigidity.
(b) Medicine to thicken the blood.
(c) A laxative to ease his constipation.
(d) A sedative to ease his anxiety.

7. As Karina listens to the music in the coffee shop, what emotions does she experience?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Joy.
(c) Fear.
(d) Longing and sorrow.

8. What is the name of Grace's boyfriend?
(a) Miles.
(b) Mike.
(c) Mack.
(d) Matt.

9. What class does Elise teach?
(a) Ear training.
(b) Intervallic notation.
(c) Sight reading.
(d) Contemporary improvisation.

10. What allows Richard to use the computer without the use of his arms?
(a) Voice activation.
(b) A tongue depressor.
(c) Foot controls.
(d) A Head Mouse.

11. Richard's pulmonologist has warned him in Chapter Ten that what machine will soon be necessary?
(a) A BiPAP.
(b) A nebulizer.
(c) A CPAP.
(d) A ventilator.

12. Without the use of his arms, Richard walks around his home like what?
(a) A thief.
(b) A tourist.
(c) A mannequin.
(d) A robot.

13. With only one working hand, Richard can only play which piece?
(a) Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand.
(b) Beethoven's Concerto for the Left Hand.
(c) Wagner's Concerto for the Left Hand.
(d) Haydn's Concerto for the Left Hand.

14. Richard hopes his ALS diagnosis is really what ailment?
(a) Arthritis.
(b) Tendinitis.
(c) A pulled muscle.
(d) Sclerosis.

15. It occurs to Richard that saying goodbye to his ex-girlfriend was the last time he would ever do what?
(a) It was the last time he would ever date another person.
(b) It was the last time he would ever love another person.
(c) It was the last time he would ever care about another person.
(d) It was the last time he would ever hug another person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karina believe had the greatest impact on her destiny?

2. Before Karina leaves Richard in Chapter 9, he asks her to do what for him?

3. Richard compares having ALS to what situation?

4. In the Prologue to the novel, where is Richard playing?

5. Richard regrets he and Karina never got to have what?

(see the answer keys)

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