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

2. What poet made the statement about men dying for what they miss in poetry?
(a) William Butler Yeats.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) William Carlos Williams.
(d) Walt Whitman.

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

4. To what town was Lynch's father's body brought?
(a) Ft. Myers.
(b) Miami.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Ft. Lauderdale.

5. What was the last name of the undertaker who handled Nora's death?
(a) Regan.
(b) Collins.
(c) O'Connell.
(d) Bryant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which state did the accident occur?

2. What American author was mentioned in Chapter 2?

3. How old was Nugent's second wife when they married?

4. How many golf courses opened in Milford in the course of a year?

5. What kind of service did the Irish priest who married Lynch say he wanted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lynch mean by "the poor cousin of fear is rage?"

2. If the dead don't care, why did Lynch get up in the middle of the night to tend to the newly deceased?

3. What are the unique problems faced by undertakers trying to "advertise" their services?

4. According to Lynch, why do people find it important to have bodies to bury?

5. What are the dangers of viewing the dead as an "embarrassment?"

6. What did Lynch lament about the modern homes Americans live in?

7. Why did the undertakers at the conference seem intent of developing new language to explain what they did for a living?

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

9. How did Lynch try to maintain some of the old traditions after he fixed up the Irish cottage when Nora passed away?

10. How does society generally view cemeteries, according to Lynch?

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