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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 do Kathleen and Jen decide to go get when Wallace goes back to sleep after a visit with them?
(a) A bag of chips.
(b) Wine.
(c) Beer.
(d) Ice cream.

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

3. 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) LSD.
(b) Cyanide.
(c) Poison mushroom.
(d) Crack.

4. Where is Megan going to go when she has to go back to school in the fall?
(a) Redding.
(b) Spokane.
(c) Eureka.
(d) Portland.

5. Megan believes that it's __________ that Wallace should have ever had a brain tumor to begin with, in her opinion.
(a) Stupid.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Worrisome.
(d) Not shocking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jen cleans the two houses, but then decides that the people are ___________ and that she will need to find another way to make money.

2. What is Wallace baking for the first time when Jen arrives at the house for the dinner?

3. What is on the face of the creature that is following Jen in her scary dream?

4. Randy decides that he wants to dress Jen up as a _________ for her ride and he goes to find the appropriate clothing.

5. Jen begins to write about abuse she suffered at _________ hands when she returns to her typewriter.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jen hurt by Kathleen's actions, even though Kathleen still doesn't want to change her plans for the night?

2. What are the criteria that Jen has in terms of deciding whether or not to take a job that she is offered by another?

3. What is the embarrassing memory that Jen and Wallace share as they are talking about tumors and karma?

4. What is the most noticeable difference in Wallace when he is home and healing from his surgery?

5. What is the nightmare that Jen is having when the chapter first begins?

6. What does Colin say in a letter that he sends to Jen during the time of Wallace's recuperation?

7. What does Jen think about the other people in the town that are very paranoid about their lives and their surroundings?

8. What is the exercise called where Jen lies in bed for hours on end each day, according to her conversation with Kathleen?

9. What happens to Wallace which makes the family begin to question his health again?

10. What does Megan think about people like Wallace who get brain tumors for no apparent reason?

(see the answer keys)

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