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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. After what event had the person in #127 written the letter?
(a) Bruce's graduation.
(b) Chet's funeral.
(c) Nola's graduation.
(d) Mrs. Mason's funeral.

2. What does Bruce recall about the Mulder family?
(a) They were good and respectable.
(b) They were very poor.
(c) They were strict Catholics.
(d) They were itinerant.

3. Why did Bailey conspire to make Nola lose at the card game?
(a) He wanted to show her who was boss.
(b) He wanted to see her naked.
(c) He wanted to teach her a lesson.
(d) He wanted to humiliate her.

4. In what field would Bruce be continuing his education?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Engineering.

5. What did Bruce and Nola hear on the the night they were at the cabin?
(a) Listened to the radio.
(b) Listened to the loons on the lake.
(c) Listened to the crickets.
(d) Listened to Bailey and his girlfriend make love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Chet's annulled marriage renewed?

2. What is the subject of the pictures that Bruce sees in the box?

3. Why did Joe once shove Bailey into a trash can?

4. Why didn't Nola want to leave the cabin early?

5. What was Joe's father's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Bruce thought about Nola's family members?

2. What game did the couples play when Bruce and Nola accompanied Bailey and his girlfriend to a cabin one weekend?

3. Other than leaving Nola, what complicated Bruce's decision regarding going to law school?

4. What could account for Bruce's high opinion of himself as a young man?

5. How have Bruce's perceptions of Nola changed over the years?

6. What did Bruce do when it became apparent that Bailey was hitting on Nola?

7. What does Bruce recall about his brother, Chet's, life?

8. What does the author reveal about the way Chet had died?

9. How does Bruce violate his instincts about bringing any friends into their home?

10. What has Bruce's father done that solidifies Bruce's hatred for him?

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