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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hal, what happens when a mathematician turns fifty?
(a) They may experience concentration problems.
(b) Their career is over; they may as well teach high school.
(c) They are at their creative peak.
(d) Their ideas are published in prestigious math magazines.

2. What instrument does Hal play?
(a) The piano.
(b) The drums.
(c) The bass.
(d) The guitar.

3. How many people are left at the party?
(a) No one--they all left right after the funeral.
(b) 40 people, all mathematicians.
(c) 10 people, all Claire's friends.
(d) 20 people, all Catherine's friends.

4. Where does Catherine tell Claire to look for proof that Hal is real?
(a) In the sky.
(b) In the closet.
(c) In the upstaris bedroom.
(d) In the paper.

5. Why does Hal attempt to steal the notebook?
(a) He wants to keep the notebook for sentimental reasons.
(b) He plans to sell the notebook and make a profit.
(c) He wants to wrap it, and give it to Catherine as a birthday present.
(d) He wants to publish the ideas in the notebook as his own.

6. What has become Claire's fiance's new hobby?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Miniature ship building.
(d) Model airplane making.

7. Besides apartments, what other facilities has Claire scouted for Catherine?
(a) Mental health centers.
(b) YMCAs.
(c) Childcare centers.
(d) Theaters.

8. In her conversation with Robert, why is Catherine worried?
(a) She thinks her mortgage payment may be overdue.
(b) She has lost her drivers' license.
(c) She thinks she heard an intruder.
(d) She thinks she may inherit the same illness as her father.

9. What does Robert get Catherine for her birthday?
(a) A puppy.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Wine.
(d) Chocolate.

10. What does Claire make Catherine for breakfast?
(a) Cereal.
(b) Bacon and eggs.
(c) Bagels, fruit, and coffee.
(d) Nothing; as far as she is concerned, Catherine can make her own breakfast.

11. What is Claire doing with the house?
(a) She is burning it down.
(b) She is fixing it up for Catherine.
(c) She is selling it to the University.
(d) She and her fiance are moving into it.

12. What does Claire think Hal is to Catherine?
(a) She thinks he is her best friend.
(b) She thinks he is her professor.
(c) She thinks he is her boyfriend.
(d) She thinks he is a police officer.

13. Is Catherine pleased that Hal kisses her?
(a) No, she has no interest in him whatsoever.
(b) Yes, she kisses him back at the end of the scene.
(c) No, she promptly throws her beer at him and runs.
(d) Yes, she has been in love with him since they first met four years ago.

14. Who apologizes to whom about the events from the night before? (i.e., the fight, the 9-1-1 call, and the attempted theft)?
(a) No one apologizes--they are still in a fight.
(b) Hal apologizes to Catherine--he should not have tried to take the notebook.
(c) Catherine apologizes to Hal--she should not have called the police.
(d) They apologize to each other--they both handled the situation poorly.

15. What does Claire think of Hal when Catherine first tries to explain the events of the previous night?
(a) She thinks Hal is a delinquent.
(b) She thinks Catherine may be in a fight with him.
(c) She thinks Catherine may have imagined him.
(d) She thinks Hal sounds lovely, and hopes Catherine will want to have a double wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Catherine take her coffee?

2. Why is Hal able to put the notebooks in order?

3. When does Hal arrive in the scene?

4. What does Claire want Catherine to do?

5. Where did Claire want Catherine to stay, instead of coming back to the house to care for Robert?

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