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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth bring to Harry when she returns from the bathroom at the end of this section?
(a) Aspirin
(b) A pair of underpants
(c) A glass of water
(d) A cigarette

2. What is the only map that the farmer has in his service station?
(a) Ohio
(b) New York
(c) Pennsylvania
(d) New Jersey

3. What do Janice and Harry suspect Miss Arndt has?
(a) Chronic depression
(b) Herpes
(c) Schizophrenia
(d) Cancer

4. Which of the following is not a movie that Harry has recently seen with Ruth?
(a) Roman Holiday
(b) Gigi
(c) The Shaggy Dog
(d) Bell, Book, and Candle

5. What team was Harry's team playing the night the two groups shared a bottle of cider?
(a) Pennoak High
(b) Brewer High
(c) Oriole High
(d) Allenville High

6. What does Ruth find odd about Rabbit's underpants?
(a) They are have a paisley design
(b) They have a tear in them
(c) They look brand new
(d) They are so small

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

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

9. What major news is Ruth scared to tell Harry in this section?
(a) She is broke
(b) She is pregnant
(c) She does not love him
(d) Her mother has died

10. What does Harry borrow from Tothero before they go to eat dinner?
(a) A jacket
(b) A tie
(c) A shirt
(d) Shoes

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

12. By the end of the pickup game at the beginning of the novel, how many boys are playing with Harry?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 0

13. Where does Rabbit brag about having eaten Chinese food?
(a) Texas
(b) Washington, DC
(c) China
(d) Philadelphia

14. What was Janis' maiden name?
(a) Edelman
(b) Crist
(c) Tothero
(d) Springer

15. What ecstatic poet does Eccles frequently read to his daughter?
(a) Belloc
(b) Blake
(c) Rumi
(d) Kabir

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ruth reading when Harry returns to her apartment?

2. From what television show does Rabbit admit stealing his religious analogy about the tree and the waterfall?

3. How does Rabbit know Ben Shamberger?

4. Who does Harry think Lucy Eccles is when he arrives at her house?

5. Going into Churchtown, what slow-moving vehicle does Harry pass?

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