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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What condition made it almost impossible for the author's mom to walk during her last year of life?
(a) Arthritic knees.
(b) Amputation.
(c) Fractured foot.
(d) Severely bowed-legs.

2. What did the author's mother use when she "struck to kill?"
(a) Book.
(b) Chair.
(c) Cane.
(d) Tongue.

3. Where were the ashes of the author's father buried?
(a) Essex.
(b) Union City.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Hackensack.

4. In complaining about her looks, what did the author's mother say "don't fit?"
(a) Wig.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Teeth.

5. In the Introduction, how many books does the author mention that dealt with the headlines of his life?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

6. The author's mother lived to within how many days of her ninety-second birthday?
(a) 11.
(b) 1.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

7. In the room in which the author writes, how many pieces of stained glass sit in his windows?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

8. As the author's mother aged, she complained about her looks, saying her hair looked like what?
(a) Wool.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Straw.
(d) Flax.

9. Who tends to more publicly lose touch with themselves and with God, according to the author?
(a) Ministers.
(b) Parents.
(c) Authors.
(d) Kids.

10. When the dwarves are offered wine, what do they think it is?
(a) Tea with arsenic.
(b) Poison.
(c) Ditch water.
(d) Blood.

11. How many years had the author been married by the mid 1970's?
(a) 25 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 20 years.

12. "For the last ____ years" of her life, the author's mother saw almost no one except immediate family.
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

13. What was the title of the lost book the author's mother hunted for in her room?
(a) Ansel Gibbs.
(b) Now and Then.
(c) Les Malheurs de Sophie.
(d) The Last Battle.

14. How many failed marriages did the author's mother have after his father died?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

15. In telling his father's story as a child, who does Teddy represent in this story?
(a) The author's father.
(b) The author's brother.
(c) The author's best friend.
(d) The author.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe as the "living heart and command center" of his mother's room?

2. What was the name of the woman the author's mother had trouble understanding because of her thick accent?

3. Who refers to themselves as the "last rose of summer?"

4. What was in the bowl on top of the bureau in the room of the author's mother?

5. Three acts of God mentioned by the author that appear in scripture are the Exodus, the ___, and the entry into the Promised Land.

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