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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the woman whose body smelled bad because of her last meal?
(a) Regan.
(b) Lynch.
(c) O'Brien.
(d) Sheehan.

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

3. To what did Nugent's poem refer?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Family.
(c) Faith.
(d) Courtship.

4. How many of Lynch's eight siblings are part of the funeral industry?
(a) Seven.
(b) All of them.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

5. What was the name of the village Tommy and Nora Lynch lived in?
(a) Bantry.
(b) Drogheda.
(c) Moveen.
(d) Cobh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nugent meet his next wife?

2. What style poem did Nugent write?

3. Out of a thousand people in a room, how many would be expected to die by the end of the year according to Lynch's analogy in Chapter 1?

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

5. How many words did Roberton's poem contain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the different ways in which loved ones reacted to being asked to collect the ashes of the deceased?

2. How does Lynch view the work done by his colleague Wesley Rice with the young, murdered girl?

3. Why do most people never pay attention to the figure Lynch called "The Big One"?

4. What did Lynch consider the mark of a good faith leader?

5. Why was Lynch's father fond of quoting Gladstone?

6. How did Lynch feel about constantly taking Nugent's phone calls following the divorce?

7. How did Lynch handle being a father while serving as an undertaker and seeing dead children?

8. How was Lynch helped by stopping his drinking?

9. How did the modern amenities (toilet, television, etc.) change life in the old Irish cottage?

10. Why did the Lynch brothers take care of their father's body rather than allow a local undertaker to do the job?

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