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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. What are the flashes of light the narrator ignores on his walk on the last day of training?
(a) Camera bulb flashes.
(b) Power outages.
(c) Lightening.
(d) Bombs.

2. What does Arthur think he finds in the closets when he gets home every night?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Other men.
(c) A dog.
(d) The neighbors.

3. When does Arthur start thinking about leaving his wife?
(a) Five years ago.
(b) Last summer.
(c) Never.
(d) Last year.

4. What year does Bobby die?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1977.

5. Who do the goggles that are thrown overboard once belong to?
(a) Lionel.
(b) Lionel's father.
(c) Uncle Webb and Uncle Seymour.
(d) Boo Boo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the farthest distance Lionel ever runs away to?

2. Who wins the race back to the house at the end of the story, Down at the Dinghy?

3. What does Esme want to read about most?

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

5. Where do Arthur and Lee live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator like the bulletin board outside the church so much in For Esme -- with Love and Squalor?

2. Why is the narrator so taken with Sister Irma?

3. Why is Sandra so worried about Lionel when he runs away in Down at the Dinghy?

4. Why does Sister Irma withdraw from classes at the art school?

5. Why does Esme's long and complicated letter soothe the narrator more than one from his family?

6. Why does Bobby move the family to Paris in 1929?

7. Why does the tea room likely suit the narrator as a place to spend his last few hours in the town rather than the Red Cross recreation room?

8. Why does Lionel cry when he throws the key chain overboard?

9. Why is it ironic that the school closes down for not having a business license?

10. Who does Lee think Joanie goes with after the party?

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