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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lynch hope to do if he attended any part of the undertakers conference?
(a) Attend lectures.
(b) Enjoy dinner with fellow undertakers.
(c) Talk to older undertakers of his father's generation.
(d) Play golf.

2. How many years of marriage did Nugent's poem refer to?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 50.

3. In what town's hospital was Nora treated?
(a) Waterford.
(b) Galway.
(c) Ennis.
(d) Cork.

4. Approximately how many acres are in a par four hole on a golf course?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

5. How many siblings did Lynch have?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

6. When did embalming become common?
(a) The War of Independence.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) World War I.

7. What kind of church did Milo belong to?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Episcopalian.

8. On what day was Lynch's mother buried?
(a) Feast of the Epiphany.
(b) All Saint's Day.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Pentecost.

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

10. In what Irish town were Lynch and Don Paterson discussing Thomas Crapper?
(a) Cork.
(b) Sligo.
(c) Galway.
(d) Dublin.

11. How many hours did the undertaker work on the murdered girl?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

12. What did Lynch's father see in every bruise on his children?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Melanoma.
(c) Brittle-bone disease.
(d) Muscular dystrophy.

13. What did Lynch suggest could be the introductory price of a grave site at the golfatorium?
(a) $600.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $750.
(d) $500.

14. What ancient human ancestor did Lynch say first buried the dead?
(a) Homo Sapien.
(b) Cro-Magnons.
(c) Neanderthals.
(d) Austrolopithicus.

15. What brand of vehicle did Lynch refer to when discussing the power of advertising?
(a) Toyotas.
(b) Fords.
(c) Chryslers.
(d) Chevys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American author was mentioned in Chapter 2?

2. Approximately how many of his townspeople did Lynch bury each year?

3. Approximately how many of his townspeople were cremated each year?

4. Which Lynch brother was sucker-punched in a bar fight?

5. To what did Nugent's poem refer?

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