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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. What information does Elise tell Karina about Richard during their morning walk in Chapter Eight?
(a) That Richard is now in a wheelchair.
(b) That Richard has pneumonia.
(c) That both of his arms are totally paralyzed.
(d) That Richard is losing his home.

2. Before becoming a home health aide, what did Bill do for a living?
(a) He was a travel agent.
(b) He was a law clerk.
(c) He was a teacher.
(d) He was a shop owner.

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

4. When did Bill become a home health aide?
(a) After nursing his partner through his final days.
(b) After needing a home health aide himself.
(c) After seeing the numerous career opportunities in the field.
(d) After his mother fell ill.

5. What causes Karina to cry in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Thoughts of what her life could have been.
(b) The sight of Richard's humiliation.
(c) Memories of her childhood.
(d) Having to clean such a mess.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter Thirteen, Karina informs Richard that he needs to do what?

2. What type of music did Karina once play?

3. In the first chapter of the novel, Karina attends a graduation party for whom?

4. What school does Grace attend?

5. As Karina listens to the music in the coffee shop, what emotions does she experience?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Richard adapt to the piano after the loss of his right hand? What does he find comfort in?

2. Who is Kathy DeVillo and how does she help Richard?

3. What are Karina's thoughts regarding birth and destiny? How are these beliefs illustrated by her own life?

4. Who is Maxine? How did Richard's diagnosis impact his relationship with her?

5. Who is Bill? What information does the reader learn about his background?

6. After Richard loses the loss of his arms, how does he feed himself? What does Bill add to Richard's food in Chapter Eleven? Why?

7. What is the first part of Richard that stops working? What does he do as a result?

8. What does the prologue to the novel illustrate about Richard?

9. What happens when Richard goes out in Chapter Twelve?

10. What idea does Richard have in Chapter Eleven? What does Bill think about this idea? Why?

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