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

2. What does Otto wonder as he looks around Sharon's sparse apartment?
(a) Why he needs so many things.
(b) How she can live in such squalor.
(c) If he should buy her some more stuff.
(d) If she would let him store some of his things in her place.

3. What impressive gift did Portia get for her birthday?
(a) A real microphone.
(b) A trip to Glyndebourne when she turns 18.
(c) A microscope set.
(d) A trip to Disney World next year.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What atypical behavior does Portia display at the party?

2. Where does Portia's mother lives?

3. What example does Otto use to prove to William that time is linear?

4. What does Otto ask Portia when he tells her that he is a lawyer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. As Otto observes Sharon's sparse apartment, what does he realize about himself?

2. What do Sharon and William discuss regarding time after William says he experienced deja vu?

3. What did Viola get Portia for her birthday? Why does Portia think it is not a great gift?

4. Why does Portia cry at Corinne's on Thanksgiving? How do the other family members, including Otto, respond to her concern?

5. What does Otto wonder when William thought to bring Sharon flowers when they visited?

6. Why is Corinne concerned about Portia?

7. What was the first real indication to Otto and his siblings that Sharon had a psychological disorder?

8. What does Otto think as he watches William with his nephews at Thanksgiving?

9. What does Corinne tell Otto about Martin at her house on Thanksgiving? How does Otto react?

10. What reason does Sharon offer for not wanting to go to Corinne's for Thanksgiving?

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