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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 Reader's favorite holiday?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Fourth of July.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Halloween.
2. What did Lynch suggest as music for his funeral?
(a) Pipers and tinwhistlers.
(b) Guitarists.
(c) Pianists.
(d) Bagpipers.
3. What kind of car did the two teachers commit suicide in?
(a) Oldsmobile.
(b) Ford.
(c) Dodge.
(d) Chrysler.
4. What did Lynch sarcastically mention as a "tidy" type of assisted suicide?
(a) Electrocution.
(b) Jumping off a building.
(c) Shooting range.
(d) Hanging.
5. To what Irish hero did Lynch compare Russ Reader?
(a) Cuchulainn.
(b) Conchobar.
(c) Finn McCool.
(d) Wolfe Tone.
Short Answer Questions
1. Approximately how many caskets can someone choose from at the Lynch funeral home?
2. How many trials did Kevorkian face and successfully avoid conviction in Oakland County?
3. In what state did someone reach the midpoint of their lives?
4. How much did the simple cardboard box cost?
5. How many assisted suicides are cremated?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Lynch react to the body of the young man who shot himself in Chapter 9?
2. How do Lynch and his wife differ in their views of Milford as they walk through town in Chapter 7?
3. What characteristic of "successful" suicides did Lynch say he admired?
4. How did Lynch feel about the prospect of his loved ones feeling guilt at his funeral?
5. What did Lynch mean when he said that "in even the best of caskets, it never all fits"?
6. How does Lynch view a world in which certain deaths are acceptable (abortion, war, capital punishment)?
7. Describe Matthew Sweeney's personality.
8. What did Lynch want from his funeral, when all was said and done?
9. What did Lynch see as the advantage of being at the midpoint of one's life?
10. How does Lynch view the current state of debate over abortion?
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