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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the couple watch as the scene closes?
(a) A pair of trumpeter swans on the lake.
(b) Two squirrels gathering nuts.
(c) A mama bear and her cub lumbering along the shoreline.
(d) A pair of loons out on the lake.

2. What is the best description of the living room?
(a) Disorganized.
(b) Tidy and organized.
(c) Austere.
(d) Filled to overflowing with junk.

3. What does Ethel find intriguing about Miss Appley and Miss Tate?
(a) That they have lived into their 90s.
(b) That they have been together for so many years and must have had a great love affair.
(c) That they are identical twins and still are impossible to tell apart.
(d) That they had both been asked for marriage by the same man and each in turn had said no.

4. Where are the bedrooms in this house?
(a) In a separate mother-in-law cabin.
(b) Upstairs.
(c) One big room serves as the living room and sleeping area.
(d) On the east end of the first floor.

5. Who is the person in the picture on the mantle that Norman is studying?
(a) Billy Ray.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) His deceased son.
(d) Norman cannot remember.

6. Who is coming with Chelsea on her visit?
(a) Her best friend from high school.
(b) Her two poodles.
(c) Her new boyfriend.
(d) No one.

7. How old will Elmer be on his next birthday?
(a) 65.
(b) 40.
(c) 80.
(d) 50.

8. What seems sad to Charlie?
(a) That Norman has to be very careful of his heart.
(b) That Chelsea lost her only son when he was three.
(c) That Chelsea has never had any children.
(d) That Chelsea never wanted to marry Charlie.

9. What does Ethel suggest Charlie do?
(a) Come by and see Chelsea while she is there.
(b) Fix the boat as soon as possible.
(c) Stay out of the heat.
(d) Go fishing with Norman.

10. Who does Norman yell to to ask him/her to open the door?
(a) Ethel.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) The maid.
(d) The cook.

11. What has Ethel been doing?
(a) Picking berries.
(b) Rowing on the lake.
(c) Painting by the lake.
(d) Visiting with neighbors.

12. What happens with Charlie's visitor?
(a) She falls in love with the police chief.
(b) He asks if Chelsea might be visiting her parents and leaves when he finds out she isn't.
(c) He gets pulled over by the police twice.
(d) They criticize Charlie for his messy house and clean it.

13. About what does Ethel complain?
(a) That Norman never goes outside.
(b) That Norman cheats at cards.
(c) That Chelsea hasn't called.
(d) That the postman dropped the letters in a puddle and got them wet.

14. What does Norman do when Ethel and Charlie are discussing Chelsea?
(a) Tries to interest Charlie in a discussion of baseball.
(b) Cleans his shotgun.
(c) Ties flys for fishing.
(d) Gets up and goes outside.

15. What does Norman ask the phone operator to do?
(a) To ring up Chelsea's cell phone.
(b) To call him back to check the phone's status.
(c) To call his brother at the hospital.
(d) Norman does not speak to the operator.

Short Answer Questions

1. At whose picture does Norman look?

2. What happens to the package in question #27?

3. In what year is the house at Golden Pond built?

4. How old was Miss Appley on her last birthday?

5. What does Ethel have in her arms?

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