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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. How does Sid feel about his teaching job?
(a) He despises it
(b) He is quitting
(c) He tolerates it
(d) He enjoys it

2. What was Sid's area of study before switching to English?
(a) Economics
(b) Art
(c) Geology
(d) Biology

3. What event does Larry feel as if he had been a part of even though he was not?
(a) The Stock Market Crash
(b) World War II
(c) World War I
(d) Sid and Charity's courtship

4. How is Charity's mother characterized?
(a) Mentally unstable
(b) Emotionally unavailable
(c) As a shrinking violet
(d) As a commander

5. What does Larry do in his spare time?
(a) Reads voraciously
(b) Writes short stories
(c) Builds furniture
(d) Paints

Short Answer Questions

1. What major event has just occurred as the chapter begins?

2. What surprise does Sid have for Charity and her family?

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

4. What does one of the other professors call Larry?

5. Who convinces the doctor to let Larry into Sally's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the dominant person in each of the two marriages?

2. Why have Larry and Sally come to visit Sid and Charity?

3. Describe the range of emotions that Larry experiences within a 24-hour period.

4. What does Charity learn about Larry and Sally as they talk?

5. Explain the flashback the author uses to describe the beginning of Sid and Charity's courtship.

6. Explain how Larry and Charity are very much alike in their work ethics and life management skills.

7. How are Sid and Charity described?

8. How do the Morgans and Langs celebrate one of Larry's early literary successes?

9. Describe how Charity is modeling her marriage and household off her mother's style.

10. What happens that gives Larry a bad premonition?

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