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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens a few years later, though it does not change their relationship? Jen __________ Kathleen.
(a) Moves away from.
(b) Hits.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Seduces.

2. Megan has a _________ that most adults lack, it seems, causing her to be a good person for Jen to talk to.
(a) Innocent quality.
(b) Blunt honesty.
(c) New perspective.
(d) Life experience.

3. What does Jen do when she needs to scream in order to deal with the idea of Wallace's brain tumor?
(a) Turns on the radio.
(b) Swims.
(c) Runs to the cliff.
(d) Breaks things.

4. What does Randy say that he has changed his mind on, given the circumstances with Wallace?
(a) Work.
(b) His book.
(c) His career.
(d) College.

5. What was Jen chasing in the dream that makes her wake up screaming during this section of the story?
(a) Snake.
(b) Dwarf.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Cat.

6. What is the name of Megan's great-aunt who she and Jen have to see before going to see Wallace?
(a) Trudy.
(b) Honey.
(c) Lovey.
(d) Pumpkin.

7. Kathleen and Jen discuss the various effects that _________ can have on a person's brain, even destroying it.
(a) Drugs.
(b) Worry.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Dreams.

8. What is Wallace baking for the first time when Jen arrives at the house for the dinner?
(a) Pot brownies.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Bread.
(d) Cake.

9. What does a woman that Jen knows carry around with her in case she is ever in a situation where she found out she could not recover?
(a) Poison mushroom.
(b) Cyanide.
(c) LSD.
(d) Crack.

10. What does Randy present as a gift to Wallace when he comes back into the room to see him?
(a) A large pitcher of beer.
(b) A certificate.
(c) The stuffed heron.
(d) A helmet.

11. What is the new symptom of Wallace's that makes the entire family worried about his condition?
(a) Too much energy.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Hiccups.
(d) Coughing.

12. Megan's great-aunt used to have a __________ named Damocles, before her husband made her give it up.
(a) Horse.
(b) Fish.
(c) Dog.
(d) Cat.

13. What is Jen not supposed to mention when she is visiting Megan's great-aunt one day?
(a) White hair.
(b) Missing eye.
(c) Limp.
(d) Leg ulcer.

14. What does Jen use to hit her bed with when she is worried about her father and about the way he's ruined her night?
(a) Tennis racket.
(b) Stick.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Cat.

15. What is on the face of the creature that is following Jen in her scary dream?
(a) A bright light.
(b) Strange markings.
(c) A tattoo.
(d) Open wounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Her old friend who comes to visit tells Jen that he/she already has a significant other in _____________.

2. What is the date on which Jen realizes that enough time has gone by since she stopped cleaning houses?

3. Who is the reclusive neighbor that walks by Jen and she is afraid that he might kill her?

4. What did Kathleen and Jen do the last time they were high on drugs, putting their lives in danger?

5. What does Kathleen tell Jen that she has to do that night instead of meeting with her?

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