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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Sweeney.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jessica Mitford refer to undertakers' work on human bodies?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Honorable.
(c) Offensive.
(d) Barbaric.

2. In what year was Thomas Lynch's first child born?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1974.

3. How long had Lynch's parents been married?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 43 years.
(c) 47 years.
(d) 52 years.

4. On what day was Milo buried?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Wednesday.

5. To what society club did Lynch belong?
(a) West Side Social Club.
(b) Elks.
(c) Masons.
(d) Rotary.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time did Mil Hornsby's wife call to announce his death?

2. What did Lynch's sisters plant at the base of the gravestone every spring?

3. What did Lynch's father see in every bruise on his children?

4. What ethnic food did Robertson and his wife enjoy in celebration of the poem's publication?

5. Where in Florida did Lynch's father die?

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