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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Esme want to read about most?
(a) Riddles.
(b) Her father.
(c) Squalor.
(d) Love.

2. What happens to Charles' father?
(a) He dies of heart failure.
(b) He is killed in North Africa.
(c) He is killed in a car accident.
(d) He is killed on D-Day.

3. How do you describe Lee, from the story, Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes?
(a) A gray-haired man.
(b) A young man.
(c) A gray-haired woman.
(d) A young woman.

4. Where does the narrator think Esme should wear her watch instead of her wrist?
(a) Around her leg.
(b) Around her head.
(c) Around her neck.
(d) Around her waist.

5. How does Bobby lose everything?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Wall Street crash of 1929.
(c) He is robbed.
(d) He loses his job.

6. How many keys are on the key chain that Boo Boo gives to Lionel?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 100.
(d) 10.

7. What is Esme training herself to be?
(a) A better reader.
(b) A better singer.
(c) A better dancer.
(d) More compassionate.

8. Why does Bobby move the family to Paris?
(a) To learn how to speak French.
(b) To escape the Great Depression.
(c) For his new job.
(d) To find a job.

9. What does Sandra worry about weighing around the boy?
(a) Her words.
(b) The beans.
(c) Her concern.
(d) The coffee.

10. Who is Boo Boo Tannenbaum?
(a) The lady of the house.
(b) The shut-in living next door.
(c) The father.
(d) The son.

11. Where does Arthur want to move?
(a) New York City.
(b) Boston.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Connecticut.

12. What food item do they want to lure Lionel out of the boat with?
(a) Beans.
(b) Pickles.
(c) Peanut butter.
(d) Crackers.

13. What artist does the narrator most resemble?
(a) El Grecco.
(b) Da Vinci.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Raphael.

14. Who is Lissberg?
(a) Arthur's client.
(b) The attorney for the plantiff in Arthur's case.
(c) Joanie's lover.
(d) Lee's boss.

15. How old is the boy in the story, Down at the Dinghy?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator write a letter to Mr. Yoshoto?

2. How does the narrator in the story, For Esme - with Love and Squalor, receive the wedding invitation?

3. Why doesn't Arthur leave his wife?

4. What course do 60 American enlisted men take in the story, For Esme - With Love and Squalor?

5. Who is Miss Megley?

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