Dhalgren Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Dhalgren Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does this person give to Kidd?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A story.
(c) A sample of his poetry book.
(d) An article.

2. As what does Kidd describe himself to Newboy?
(a) A writer with a lot of experience.
(b) A couple day old poet.
(c) A person confused by the art.
(d) A lover of fine art.

3. What is the name of the Bellona newspaper?
(a) Bellona Weekly News.
(b) The Weekly Dish.
(c) The Bellona Weekly.
(d) The Bellona Times.

4. What secret does June beg Kidd to keep?
(a) That she actually likes to date women instead of men.
(b) That she was raped.
(c) She is sneaking into the kitchen to eat food.
(d) June was at the bar last night and does not want her parents to know.

5. Why do riots begin in Bellona?
(a) A woman is raped.
(b) Because no one is taking care of the city.
(c) One black and one white person are killed.
(d) The food supply gets low.

6. Why does the woman think that Kidd must be older than 27?
(a) He looks like he must be 40.
(b) He thinks he was born in 1924.
(c) He says he was born in 1948.
(d) He looks older than 27.

7. About what do the women ask him questions?
(a) The way to the train station.
(b) If the sky is blue.
(c) The world outside of Bellona.
(d) How to get to NYC.

8. How does Lanya Colson try to help Kidd?
(a) She gives him food.
(b) She gives him a massage.
(c) She tries to help him remember his past.
(d) She gives him pills to make his head stop hurting.

9. Where does Kidd believe he has been held for some time, but cannot quite remember?
(a) A prison.
(b) A half way house.
(c) His mother's home.
(d) A mental hospital.

10. Into what apartment will the Richards be moving?
(a) An apartment across town.
(b) An apartment across the street.
(c) An apartment on the top floor.
(d) An apartment on the 19th floor.

11. What does Kidd begin to think about his writing and poetry?
(a) That he will stop writing altogether.
(b) He will ask Newboy for guidance.
(c) They are the best poems ever.
(d) He wants to get better.

12. The next day, while Mrs. Richards and Kidd talk, what happens?
(a) June screams and punches Kidd.
(b) Bobby Richards falls down the elevator shaft.
(c) Mrs. Richards has another episode.
(d) Mrs. Richards accuses Kidd of stealing things from their apartment.

13. How does Lanya react to the news that Kidd has a job?
(a) Bored.
(b) Not interested.
(c) Angry.
(d) Perplexed.

14. At Reverend Taylor's house, to whom does Kidd talk?
(a) Newboy.
(b) Francine.
(c) Frank.
(d) Calkins.

15. Who is the only person in Bellona who seems to read outside news?
(a) George Harrison.
(b) Frank.
(c) Newboy.
(d) Tak.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the public bathroom, who does Kidd find?

2. When Mr. Richards arrives home, who is still with Mrs. Richards?

3. What good news does Newboy have for Kidd?

4. After Kidd is finished cleaning, what do the Richards give him?

5. Who is Ernest Newboy?

(see the answer keys)

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