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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mel suggest after the story is interrupted?
(a) That everyone pitch in to help cook dinner.
(b) That everyone go home to bed.
(c) That they stop drinking for awhile.
(d) That everyone have a drink and go to dinner.

2. How is the depression revealed?
(a) Hospital staff find a letter.
(b) The old man tells someone.
(c) Mel makes a guess.
(d) Mel discovers it in a dream.

3. Who bumps Nick's knee under the table?
(a) Mel.
(b) Laura.
(c) Marjorie.
(d) Terri.

4. How old is Laura?
(a) Forty-five.
(b) Fifty-nine.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) Mid-twenties.

5. What is the geographic setting for the story?
(a) Bar Harbor.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Albuquerque.
(d) California.

6. Who is distracted from his story about love by having another drink?
(a) Nick.
(b) Mel.
(c) Frank.
(d) Ed.

7. In addition to the beverages, what else is passed around during the conversation?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A photo album.
(c) A journal.
(d) An ice bucket.

8. Why is Mel hesitant to call?
(a) He does not want to talk to his ex-wife.
(b) He doesn't want them to know he is drunk.
(c) They haven't heard from him in several years.
(d) He doesn't want his current wife to feel left out.

9. What happens to the teenager after the accident?
(a) The teenager is bruised but not as badly injured as the older couple.
(b) The teenager suffers multiple brain injuries.
(c) The doctors are not sure.
(d) The teenager dies.

10. What is in the spilled glass?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Iced tea.
(c) Gin and tonic.
(d) Vodka.

11. Who does Terri say she loved to the point of distraction?
(a) Ed.
(b) Herself.
(c) Mel.
(d) Nick.

12. Which character contends that abusive behavior is, in fact, love?
(a) Terri.
(b) Mel.
(c) Nick.
(d) Laura.

13. Who ends up going to get the snacks?
(a) Nick.
(b) No one.
(c) Terri.
(d) Laura.

14. What reason does the character give for asking for something to eat before dinner?
(a) She/he wants to give the hostess something to do.
(b) She/he is getting bored.
(c) She/he is very hungry.
(d) She/he is drunk and needs to sober up.

15. Which character spent five years in a seminary?
(a) Laura.
(b) Nick.
(c) Mel.
(d) Terri.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day does the car accident occur?

2. What happens immediately after the story of the old couple is over?

3. How does the old couple appear in the hospital?

4. How does Terri's ex-boyfriend eventually kill himself?

5. What is the main topic of the couples' conversation?

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