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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mia spend most of her time during Adam's set at the club on Halloween in her junior year of high school?
(a) Backstage.
(b) On the balcony.
(c) In the back corner of the dance floor.
(d) In the mosh pit.

2. What did Mia suggest her grandfather wear to attend his son's shows?
(a) Headphones.
(b) A leather jacket.
(c) A fedora.
(d) Skinny jeans.

3. What band's music did Henry say he wants played at his funeral?
(a) George Clinton Funkadelic.
(b) The Mr. T Experience.
(c) The Who.
(d) The Beatles.

4. What novel did Gramps say students would be lucky to read with his son?
(a) The Lord of the Flies.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) Charlotte's Web.

5. What band was Kerry Gifford running the sound for when he died?
(a) Shooting Star.
(b) Bikini.
(c) Clod.
(d) Crack Horse Quartet.

6. What color did Mia's mother streak the blond wig with that Mia wore for Halloween?
(a) Green.
(b) Purple.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

7. What is the band that Mia was asked if she was in on Halloween of her junior year?
(a) Sonic Youth.
(b) Bikini.
(c) Shooting Star.
(d) Crack Horse Quartet.

8. What song did they close Kerry's funeral with?
(a) "Stairway to Heaven."
(b) "Blackbird."
(c) "Tomorrow Never Comes."
(d) "Wind Beneath My Wings."

9. How does Mia describe the pants she wore for Halloween in her junior year of high school?
(a) Black skinny jeans.
(b) Gray bell-bottoms.
(c) Lizard-skin pants.
(d) Blue Hammer-pants.

10. Where did Great-Aunt Glo have her ashes scattered?
(a) The Appalachian Mountains.
(b) The ocean at the Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) The Rocky Mountains.
(d) The Sierra Nevada Mountains.

11. From what illness did Mia's trombonist friend from band camp die?
(a) Brain aneurysm.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Lymphoma.
(d) Asthma.

12. About how many students attended the music summer camp that Mia went to?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 60.
(d) 50.

13. What band played the song "Girlfriend in a Coma"?
(a) The Kinks.
(b) The Smiths.
(c) The Ramones.
(d) The Cure.

14. Who does Gran say the thought the bird was on her walk when she visits Mia?
(a) Great-Aunt Glo.
(b) Uncle Jimmy.
(c) Grandma Sally.
(d) Grampa Marks.

15. What is tachycardia?
(a) A rapid heartbeat.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A blood clot.
(d) A stroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what illness did Great-Aunt Glo die?

2. How old was Kerry Gifford when he died?

3. What color hair does Mia describe her family members as having?

4. With whom did Mia's father have a falling out after he left the band?

5. How old was Mia's father when he got a learner's permit to drive?

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