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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Mary & Wilbur.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poem did Thomas Lynch recite his fall from a fire escape in college?
(a) "The Jabberwocky."
(b) "Slouching Towards Bethlehem."
(c) "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
(d) "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed."

2. What did Lynch have a drink of every night?
(a) Wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Irish whiskey.
(d) Scotch.

3. Approximately what percentage of Americans move at any given time?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty.

4. For what Irish patriot was the bridge in the chapter named?
(a) O'Connell.
(b) Wolfe Tone.
(c) McBride.
(d) Pearse.

5. What American TV show did Nora Lynch begin watching once she got her first television set?
(a) Gunsmoke.
(b) Dallas.
(c) One Life to Live.
(d) Guiding Light.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Lynch's eight siblings are part of the funeral industry?

2. What Asian city did Lynch mention as a place where funeral pyres are frequent?

3. In what year was St. Stephen martyred?

4. To what medical procedure did Lynch refer when speaking about people's aversion to funerals?

5. To what state was Lynch flying when he first thought of a golfatorium?

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