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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Charity's family live?
(a) New York
(b) Cambridge
(c) Battell Pond
(d) Kennebunkport

2. What do Larry and Sid do after Sally goes to bed?
(a) Take a walk
(b) Go to a movie
(c) Go bowling
(d) Go to a bar

3. What does Larry think about on this morning?
(a) His business
(b) His real estate business
(c) His passport
(d) His life

4. Where do Larry and Sally live?
(a) New Mexico
(b) Idaho
(c) Montana
(d) Maine

5. What emotional event does Larry experience?
(a) A state of shock
(b) A plunge into depression
(c) A surge of joy
(d) A bad premonition

6. Who buys one of Larry's short stories?
(a) The New Yorker
(b) National Geographic
(c) Reader's Digest
(d) Atlantic Monthly

7. What happens when Sid and Larry are out walking?
(a) Sally goes into labor
(b) There is a power outage
(c) Larry falls down a flight of stairs
(d) Sid is hit by a car

8. What is the purpose of Larry and Sally's trip?
(a) Sally is going to college
(b) Larry's father is ill
(c) Larry has a new job
(d) Sally is graduating law school

9. How did Larry's parents die?
(a) In a boating accident
(b) In a car accident
(c) An infectious disease
(d) In a plane crash

10. What major work does Larry begin?
(a) A new house
(b) Addition to the house
(c) A mural
(d) A novel

11. What element of foreshadowing does the author provide in this chapter?
(a) Sid breaks his shoelace
(b) Larry has a missed phone call
(c) Sally does not feel well during the party
(d) Larry has a terrible migraine

12. Where is Larry staying for the summer?
(a) A seaside cottage
(b) A cabin in the woods
(c) A new apartment
(d) The Langs' house

13. How does Sally impress the guests?
(a) Reciting some of her own poetry
(b) Mixing drinks for everyone
(c) Singing solos at the piano
(d) Reading The Odyssey in Greek

14. Where did Sally and Larry meet?
(a) At church
(b) At the library at Berkeley
(c) In high school
(d) In the Peace Corps

15. In what department does Larry teach at the university?
(a) English
(b) History
(c) Biology
(d) Art

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Larry happy to be teaching summer classes?

2. Which anniversary do Sid and Charity celebrate?

3. How is Charity's mother characterized?

4. What is the state of Larry and Sally's marriage?

5. Where does Sid drive Sally and Larry?

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