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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 is the name of the town in which a number of tragedies begin to take place in the time leading up to Wallace's surgery?
(a) Trukok.
(b) Rochester.
(c) Elvendale.
(d) Clement.

2. Eric and Jen have less of a romance and more of a friendship that is punctuated with ________, according to the book.
(a) Rock and roll.
(b) Sex.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Drugs.

3. What does the family now have to wait for after the surgery, though they didn't realize it would be so long?
(a) To see Wallace.
(b) Biopsy results.
(c) Wallace to wake up from the drug coma.
(d) Next chemo treatment.

4. Some of the local ____________ are taken to the local mental hospital in straitjackets, according to the story.
(a) New Agers.
(b) Children.
(c) Burn Outs.
(d) Priests.

5. What causes Kathleen to have to leave early in the morning, even though she promised to talk with Jen?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A phone call.
(c) A man.
(d) Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ 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.

2. There is another group in town called the _______________ who are New Age folks that are trying to share goodwill with everyone they meet.

3. Where do Jen and her dream consultant like to meet, though the consultant is always late for the meeting?

4. Wallace says that if he should become a vegetable that they ____________ pull the plug, according to his wishes.

5. What does Jen want to avoid when she is sitting and waiting for Kathleen to show up at their meeting place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason that Wallace is having some troubles talking, according to Sarah's report to the children?

2. What does Megan wish that Jen would do in relation to Jen's boyfriend, Eric?

3. What happens every Tuesday night in Jen's life, according to the story?

4. What are some of the things that happen to the people in Clement in the months leading up to Wallace's surgery?

5. What is the difference between regular funerals and the kinds of funerals which are given to those who have committed suicide?

6. What does Jen think about her next door neighbors, as she is walking to work one day?

7. Why doesn't Eric like to talk about his feelings when Jen tries to get him to do so?

8. What does Kathleen say about the relationship between Eric and Jen, according to the story?

9. Why does Jen love to have Megan over to stay with her at her little home?

10. Why was the ancient castle built in San Francisco, according to the story's details?

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