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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which family friend joins Irwin and Peter first in the woodstoves venture?
(a) Elder Beal.
(b) Bull Durham.
(c) Uncle Truman.
(d) Roy.

2. What corporate company does Everett compare to Christianity in an attempt to impress Natasha at a party?
(a) Ford.
(b) Heinz.
(c) C & H sugar.
(d) Coca Cola.

3. What action causes Irwin to be sent back home from Vietnam in a straitjacket, heavily sedated?
(a) He attacks his captain with a tube of toothpaste.
(b) He is caught sneaking food to orphaned Vietnamese children.
(c) He begins hitting himself.
(d) He claims to be seeing ghosts of Vietnamese and American soldiers.

4. What does Kincaid find Hugh drinking after Laura has gone to Uncle Marvin's in Book Four?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Old Crow.
(c) Coca Cola.
(d) Cough Syrup.

5. What addition to the Chance family and friends from Camas intimidates Major Keys?
(a) A trio of disgruntled churchmen.
(b) A news anchor and camera man.
(c) A medical doctor.
(d) The local mayor.

6. What does Everett burn after he struggles to recapture his joy of reading in Book Five?
(a) His journal.
(b) His favorite book.
(c) All of his textbooks from college.
(d) His library card.

7. Who sends Peter all of his belongings from India?
(a) T Bar.
(b) Grayson.
(c) Dessinger.
(d) Natu.

8. Who helps Hugh answer all of his mail as his secretary?
(a) Bet.
(b) Peter.
(c) Freddy.
(d) Kincaid.

9. What nickname does Everett gain during his time at college?
(a) Churchill Chance.
(b) Hippie Churchill.
(c) Hippie Einstein.
(d) Megafarce.

10. Where is Irwin transferred to back in the United States?
(a) An army prison in Texas.
(b) He is discharged to go home to Camas.
(c) A training facility in Miami.
(d) A mental institution in Mira loma.

11. After whom is Nash, the baby of Irwin and Linda, named?
(a) A character from a novel.
(b) Irwin's car where he was conceived.
(c) A famous baseball player.
(d) A relative of Linda's.

12. What name does Natasha want to give her baby?
(a) Myshkin.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Irwin.
(d) Everett Jr.

13. Why does Everett miss the message about Irwin's wedding and draft into the army?
(a) His roomate doesn't give him the message.
(b) He does not have a phone.
(c) He is at a week long sit-in.
(d) He gets the message, but he forgets about it.

14. For what sport does Irwin leave baseball?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Marathon running.
(c) Javelin throwing.
(d) Basketball.

15. How many PAC-10 teams offer a baseball scholarship to Peter?
(a) None.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Everett's weekly column for the university's newspaper?

2. What fellow draft dodger advises Everett about a potential return to the United States?

3. What is the name of the woman whom Kincaid falls in love with in Book Five?

4. What is Hugh's new baseball nickname that is given to him while pitching for the Tugboats?

5. How many pages is the letter Everett writes to Tasha and mails to her grandmother's address?

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