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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Otto say is the truth about Thanksgiving?
(a) They ate with Native Americans then killed them.
(b) They are together and that is all that matters.
(c) It all happened so long ago it no longer matters.
(d) It's always lies no matter how you look at it.

2. How old is Portia?
(a) 9.
(b) 15.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

3. What does Otto ask Portia when he tells her that he is a lawyer?
(a) He asks if she would like to a be a lawyer someday.
(b) He asks why she wants to know.
(c) He asks if her father ever told her what a good lawyer he was.
(d) He asks if she knows what that is.

4. What example does Otto use to prove to William that time is linear?
(a) Children grow taller.
(b) Hair get longer and grayer.
(c) Body's hunch more with age.
(d) He is always bald and they are not getting any younger.

5. Why is Portia upset about Thanksgiving?
(a) Her mother is not there.
(b) She does not believe in killing animals for food.
(c) She feels they are celebrating Native American genocide.
(d) Her father is not there.

6. Who does Otto think Portia resembles?
(a) Corinne.
(b) Martin.
(c) Their father.
(d) Sharon.

7. What atypical behavior does Portia display at the party?
(a) She speaks as if she is interviewing people.
(b) She squeals and runs away when anyone tries to talk to her.
(c) She sits mute on the couch and does not eat.
(d) She closes her eyes when she talks to people.

8. What gift did Otto give to Sharon that she still has in her living room?
(a) A computer.
(b) A television set.
(c) A couch.
(d) A coffee table.

9. Who does Laurie say sent Portia a great gift for her birthday?
(a) Martin.
(b) Corinne.
(c) Viola.
(d) Otto.

10. What joke does Otto make regarding Martin's absence?
(a) He jokes he must have found a new wife.
(b) He asked how she let him off the hook.
(c) He asks if he is in jail.
(d) He jokes he always was the only smart one in the family.

11. Which of Martin's wives is at Thanksgiving dinner at Corinne's?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Lilah.
(c) Viola.
(d) Laurie.

12. What does Otto consider may be the only reason William finds him appealing?
(a) Otto is wealthy.
(b) Otto is easy going.
(c) Otto is intelligent.
(d) They live together.

13. What does Sharon say she is thinking of buying for her house per Otto's advice?
(a) A sculpture.
(b) A painting.
(c) Some curtains.
(d) A new tea kettle.

14. What did Otto and his siblings ask the doctors when Sharon had her first apparent psychological break?
(a) If she could live a normal life after that.
(b) If there is any chance this has happened before.
(c) If she should stay in a group home.
(d) If she should live with one of them.

15. Where does Portia's mother lives?
(a) China.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) France.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems most excited when Corinne and Wesley's sons and wife leave after stopping by briefly during Thanksgiving?

2. What was Otto's mind more like compared to Sharon?

3. What word does Corinne use to describe Portia's mother?

4. What is wrong with the gift Portia got for her birthday, according to Portia?

5. What does William offer as proof that Sharon does not seem any more unhappy than anyone else?

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