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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator suggests in Chapter 1 that "it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us" what (11)?
(a) "What life is about."
(b) "Regret."
(c) "Time's maleability."
(d) "How to love."

2. What did Adrian request in his suicide letter that the coroner do with his remains?
(a) Have him cremated and scattered.
(b) Have his remains shot to the moon.
(c) Have him buried in his parents' cemetary plot.
(d) Have his body cast into the sea.

3. What is the name of the narrator's firstborn child?
(a) Susie.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Maria.
(d) Annie.

4. What is the name of Veronica's brother?
(a) Joseph.
(b) William.
(c) James.
(d) Jack.

5. What was Veronica's father's profession when the narrator met her?
(a) He was an accountant.
(b) He was a teacher.
(c) He was a butcher.
(d) He was a civil servant.

6. What does the narrator describe as Veronica's "comfort book" in Chapter 1 (49)?
(a) Tomorrow Never Comes.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) I Capture the Castle.
(d) To Have and Have Not.

7. How did Alex say Adrian appeared the last time he saw him when he met with the narrator to discuss Adrian's suicide?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Gregarious.

8. What does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt always wearing in Chapter 1?
(a) A coat jacket and jeans.
(b) A striped sweater and slacks.
(c) A three-piece suit.
(d) A baseball cap.

9. To what university did Adrian win a scholarship?
(a) Sussex.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Cambridge.

10. Who attended Adrian's funeral?
(a) Alex, Colin, and Tony.
(b) Alex, Colin, and Jack.
(c) Only his family.
(d) Tony, Veronica, and Colin.

11. For how long did Veronica's mother say they had lived in their current home when the narrator asked during his visit in Chapter 1?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

12. The narrator says in Chapter 1 after Adrian's death that "in the law's view, if you killed yourself you were by definition" what (97)?
(a) "An outlaw."
(b) "Mad."
(c) "Depressed."
(d) "A lawbreaker."

13. How does the narrator describe Old Joe Hunt in Chapter 1?
(a) Wryly affable.
(b) Sardonic.
(c) Hateful and mean.
(d) Gregarious.

14. What musical instrument did Adrian play, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Clarinet.
(b) Oboe.
(c) Flute.
(d) Saxophone.

15. From what material does the narrator describe Veronica's parents home constructed?
(a) Log.
(b) White wood.
(c) Red brick.
(d) Yellow brick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What composers did Veronica hate?

2. Where did the narrator attend college?

3. Into what field did the narrator begin training after he left college?

4. The narrator states in Chapter 1, "If Alex had read Russell and Wittgenstein, Adrian had read" whom (23)?

5. How long after the narrator's marriage to Margaret did they have their first child?

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