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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the way to meet their girls, to what animal does Tothero compare women?
(a) Cats
(b) Snakes
(c) Thoroughbreds
(d) Monkeys

2. What type of flower garden does Eccles secure Harry a job tending?
(a) Dianthus
(b) Hyacinth
(c) Hydrangea
(d) Rhododendron

3. Why does Rabbit make Ruth leave the door open when she uses the toilet?
(a) He wants to make sure she washes her hands
(b) He doesn't want her to put in a diaphragm
(c) He can't hear her with the door closed
(d) He likes to watch her

4. What does Ruth say is different about her sex with Rabbit?
(a) He is quiet
(b) She has an orgasm
(c) He does all the work
(d) She stays awake

5. With which religious designation does Eccles characterize his reactionary father?
(a) Eastern Orthodox
(b) Darwinian Deist
(c) Calvinist
(d) Anglo-Catholic

6. What plant does Harry suggest Mrs. Smith will have in heaven instead of rhododendrons?
(a) Sunflowers
(b) Buckwheat
(c) Corn
(d) Alfalfa

7. What was Mrs. Smith's father's profession?
(a) An insurance salesman
(b) A banker
(c) A farmer
(d) A dockworker

8. Of what city was Eccles' grandfather Bishop?
(a) Hartford
(b) Pittsburgh
(c) Providence
(d) Annapolis

9. What does Harry pick up from his mother-in-law's house?
(a) His son
(b) His altered suit
(c) His car
(d) His basketball

10. Which of the following is not one of the three principal tools of the basketball player that Tothero discusses?
(a) Hands
(b) Heart
(c) Body
(d) Head

11. In what quarter of the game does Harry completely forget about the crowd?
(a) Third
(b) Second
(c) Fourth
(d) First

12. What are Tothero's shelves made of?
(a) Broken chairs
(b) Boards and cinder blocks
(c) Beer crates
(d) Old wardrobes

13. In front of what building does Rabbit park his car after returning to Mt. Judge?
(a) Divinity Methodist Chapel
(b) Sunshine Athletic Association
(c) His mother's house
(d) Mt. Judge Presbyterian Hospital

14. Where on Tothero's body does Margaret strike him at dinner?
(a) His chest
(b) His crotch
(c) His mouth
(d) His arm

15. What does Eccles call Harry after the latter suggests he is on a quest?
(a) A vagrant
(b) A prodigal
(c) A prophet
(d) A fool

Short Answer Questions

1. During what Catholic holy day does this section of reading take place?

2. What job has Ruth taken since seeing Harry?

3. What is the only map that the farmer has in his service station?

4. Which of the following is not a person that Ruth mentions at the pool when explaining why Harry thinks he has it good?

5. To what does Mrs. Smith twice compare the Bianchi that she and her husband brought in from New York?

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