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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Vera have a nervous breakdown?
(a) At The Horse.
(b) At Hattie's.
(c) At the beauty salon.
(d) In her father's old house.

2. What decision has Clive Jr. made?
(a) To stop smoking.
(b) Not to marry Joyce.
(c) To sell his house.
(d) To change careers.

3. Why does Vera not want Peter to work with Sully?
(a) He will pick up his bad habits.
(b) He should worry about his reputation in town.
(c) He needs to go back to West Virginia.
(d) He should spend more time with Ralph.

4. What does Vera do to protest her dislike of Peter's working with Sully?
(a) She has Ralph talk to him about it.
(b) She stays locked in her bedroom.
(c) She threatens to disinherit him.
(d) She calls him on the phone constantly.

5. What is wrong with Miss Beryl when she gets up in the morning?
(a) Her arthritis is acting up.
(b) She thinks she has the flu.
(c) She didn't get enough sleep last night.
(d) She is angry at Olivia.

6. What does Sully tell Peter to take back to West Virginia with him?
(a) Thanksgiving leftovers.
(b) The El Camino.
(c) A credit card.
(d) The snowblower.

7. Wirf says it will take _________________ to get Sully out of jail.
(a) A day.
(b) A few minutes.
(c) A couple of hours.
(d) A week.

8. Who offers Sully a place to stay until he can find an apartment?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Toby.
(c) Wirf.
(d) Vera.

9. What memory does Sully have as Rub is talking about his life?
(a) His wedding day.
(b) His high school graduation.
(c) The birth of his son.
(d) The death of the parish priest.

10. Why can Sully not move out of Miss Beryl's house by the first of the year?
(a) He does not have a place to go.
(b) He is in jail.
(c) His lease is not up yet.
(d) He doesnt' think Miss Beryl can take care of herself.

11. What does Sully tell Rub to do after Peter comes back?
(a) To take flowers to his wife.
(b) To pick up sandwiches.
(c) To go home.
(d) To take the truck to the mechanic.

12. Why is Wacker in the hospital?
(a) He has to have gallbladder surgery.
(b) He is having his tonsils removed.
(c) He has to have dialysis.
(d) He has leukemia.

13. Who is Janey's husband?
(a) Gene.
(b) Roy.
(c) Alex.
(d) Pat.

14. What do Sully and Peter find in the snow on the way home?
(a) A keg of beer.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A dead deer.
(d) A wallet.

15. What does Sully have to buy before going to the funeral?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Socks.
(d) Cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter bring with him when he returns to the job site in the late afternoon?

2. Why does Peter want to work with Sully during the semester break?

3. Where do Peter and his family live?

4. Where do Sully, Wirf and the police attend a meeting?

5. What is Rub's family's business?

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