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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The siblings decide that everyone in their family is ______________ anyway, so their psychoses don't matter.
(a) Mentally ill.
(b) Respected.
(c) Dead or dying.
(d) Ignored.

2. Kathleen mentions that she would like to see ____________, since Jen's brothers already have.
(a) Wallace.
(b) Megan.
(c) Honey.
(d) Sarah.

3. What does Wallace ask for when he wakes up, though Randy spills it as he is giving it to him?
(a) Booze.
(b) Milk.
(c) Juice.
(d) Water.

4. Since life is filled with insane situations, it seems that there is no reason to try to approach life as though these situations were always _____________.
(a) Normal.
(b) Finite.
(c) Solvable.
(d) True.

5. While everyone loves this person, this person still drives everyone crazy with his/her silly and boundless energy. Who is it?
(a) Randy.
(b) Ben.
(c) Jen.
(d) Wallace.

6. What catches fire the week before the surgery for Wallace is scheduled to happen?
(a) A tree in his yard.
(b) His bathroom.
(c) Chicken coop.
(d) His car.

7. The ______ children of the 1970s had a hard time trying to reconcile their ideals with real life, according to the book.
(a) Little.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Flower.
(d) Innocent.

8. What's frustrating to Wallace is that he can only get ______ hour's worth of work accomplished in four hours, which is not the way it used to be.
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

9. What does Kathleen admit to having, which makes her an interesting choice for a sort of therapist for Jen?
(a) Voices in her head.
(b) No training.
(c) A motive for her help.
(d) A history of suicide attempts.

10. Which of the children still lives with his father, though this changes later on in the story?
(a) Jen.
(b) Tom.
(c) Randy.
(d) Ben.

11. On Thursdays, Jen cleans the home of a _________________ who is actually not all that he seems, in her opinion. And he tries to cheat her each week.
(a) Environmentalist.
(b) Hindu disciple.
(c) Trust fund radical.
(d) Republican attorney.

12. The siblings decide to go get lunch from __________ and then to have a picnic on the floor after seeing Wallace.
(a) A restaurant.
(b) Home.
(c) A fast food chain.
(d) A deli.

13. The doctors find a brain tumor in the _________ area of the brain, which is frustrating to Wallace as a writer.
(a) Learning.
(b) Memory.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Language.

14. How does Jen call Kathleen when she realizes that she is not showing up for their meeting?
(a) Bartender's phone.
(b) Pay phone.
(c) The gas station employee phone.
(d) A cell phone.

15. ________ points out to the character in #86 that everyone knows what he is going through, so no one is going to criticize him for his actions.
(a) Randy.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Ben.
(d) Jen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the kids that the way that Wallace looks is very normal after a surgery of this type?

2. What is the one subject that Eric doesn't want to talk about and that he becomes defensive about when Jen tries?

3. Kathleen is clear about her inability to make ___________ in her life, which might be a sign of a disorder as well.

4. Who is the person that first hears Wallace stumble in order to think of a word?

5. _________ says that he is worried about how others will perceive him within this dream of a situation.

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