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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day is it when Chapter 2, Part 1 opens?
(a) Labor Day
(b) Memorial Day
(c) New Year's Day
(d) Christmas Day

2. What does Al yell from his car window?
(a) "God bless us everyone!"
(b) "And to all a good night!"
(c) "Merry Christmas, you stuck-up bastards!"
(d) "Happy New Year!"

3. In what year did the coal strike occur?
(a) 1899
(b) 1925
(c) 1931
(d) 1916

4. To what does Irma look forward to next year?
(a) Going on vacation
(b) Buying a new house
(c) Joining the country club
(d) Having another baby

5. What does Lute arrange to pick up?
(a) His mother
(b) Champagne
(c) Deli trays
(d) Studebaker sedan

6. Julian's parents are critical of _________________.
(a) The IRS
(b) Julian
(c) The president
(d) The Democrats

7. Where will the family be going for a party later on?
(a) The Wyeth Inn
(b) Brandywine Inn
(c) Stage Coach Inn
(d) The Princeton Inn

8. Who is Lute's boss?
(a) Julian English
(b) Ed Charney
(c) Johnson Hall
(d) Ross Campbell

9. How could the late-1920s be characterized for America?
(a) Boom time
(b) High inflation
(c) Recession
(d) Depression

10. Who is the only person Julian wants to see today?
(a) Irma
(b) Lute
(c) Ed
(d) Caroline

11. To what does William English belong in Gibbsville?
(a) The Boy Scouts
(b) Every civic group
(c) The volunteer fire department
(d) The garden club

12. What do most people drink during this Prohibition Era?
(a) Rye and ginger ale
(b) Coffee
(c) Coca-Cola
(d) Vodka

13. What do both Julian and Caroline get from the Englishes?
(a) Theater tickets
(b) A new car
(c) Tickets for a cruise
(d) An envelope with money

14. What college had Julian wanted to attend?
(a) Harvard
(b) Princeton
(c) Duke
(d) Yale

15. What does Lute want to take to the party?
(a) Steaks
(b) Deli trays
(c) Fireworks
(d) His own liquor

Short Answer Questions

1. Which physician does William English not like?

2. Gibbsville lies in the _____________________ region.

3. What does Al observe about the driver in the car ahead of him?

4. Which family is the focus of Chapter 2, Part 2?

5. Who does Caroline say she will attempt to come to their party?

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