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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 distinguishes coffins from caskets?
(a) They are octagonal and may or may not have handles.
(b) They are rectangular and may or may not have handles.
(c) They are octagonal and always have handles.
(d) They are narrow and never have handles.

2. What was the first name of the girl Lynch met and fell in love with?
(a) Johanna.
(b) Jackie.
(c) Joannie.
(d) Joanne.

3. Approximately how many caskets can someone choose from at the Lynch funeral home?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

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

5. In what German city did Sweeney study?
(a) Heidelberg.
(b) Mainz.
(c) Freiburg.
(d) Munich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lynch sarcastically mention as a "tidy" type of assisted suicide?

2. What rock group did Lynch allude to in Chapter 7?

3. What are people not allowed to do at the trestle known as the Arch?

4. To what society club did Lynch belong?

5. What California town did Lynch imagine dying in in his analogy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did authors such as Jessica Mitford attack the funeral industry?

2. How do most people view undertakers, according to Lynch?

3. Why do people feel the need to memorialize the dead?

4. What did Lynch want from his funeral, when all was said and done?

5. What statement does a casket, versus a simple coffin, make?

6. What kind of music did Lynch want at his funeral?

7. How does Sweeney approach the consuming of food delicacies?

8. How do Lynch and his wife differ in their views of Milford as they walk through town in Chapter 7?

9. How does Lynch view the current state of debate over abortion?

10. How did the funeral processions through town change when the Oak Grove bridge collapsed?

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