View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fruit is the narrator interested in knowing the reader's opinion of?

2. Which of the following body parts is not one Momsen attacked on Filibur's wife?

3. Where does Syphon roll his eyes to in his first face for the dual?

4. Which of the following adjectives does Pimko use to describe the children on the playground in his notes?

5. Who is the one person Kopydra yearns for more than any other?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Kopydra want to engage in the dual between the lads and the guys?

2. Why does Kneadus burst into the Youngblood family home soon after Joey moves in with the family?

3. What division takes place on the schoolyard after Pimko's notes have been read?

4. How does the narrator feel about Chopin?

5. How does Joey react when Zuta calls him a clown?

6. What relationship does Pimko hope will transpire between Joey and Zuta?

7. How does Joey react to hearing Zuta speak on the telephone with her friends?

8. What bizarre dream does Joey have the night before the novel opens?

9. How do the students in Joey's English class feel about the Polish poet, Slsowacki?

10. What is Mrs. Youngblood's reaction to Joey's age?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Pimko's school, the best attribute a student can have is immaturity. First, describe why immaturity is such an alluring character trait for the students in Pimko's school. Then, describe how the teachers manipulate the immature students' brains. What commentary is Gombrowicz making about academia in general through the use of his overbearing, opinionated teachers? Choose at least two examples of scenes from the text that you believe best exemplify and strengthen your argument and describe those scenes in this essay.

Essay Topic 2

When Joey is alone with Zuta he has a difficult time communicating with her. Choose at least two scenes in which Joey finds himself unable to physically communicate with Zuta. How does Joey unleash the frustration he feels at his ineptitude? Then, explain how each of these scenes highlights the different levels of maturity and character growth in Joey and Zuta.

Essay Topic 3

The story "The Child Runs Deep in Filibert" is really a comedy of errors. First, describe the inciting incident that set all the action of this story into motion. What events happened as a direct reaction to the inciting incident in this story? Then, explain why you believe the narrator chose to interject this story into Joey and Kneadus' journey. How does the story "The Child Runs Deep in Filibert" directly reflect the main story in the novel of Joey and Kneadus? Be sure to choose at least two scenes from the novel that you think best exemplify and strengthen your argument and describe them in this essay.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,005 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample