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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color does Howie describe glowing under the escalator?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

2. What car company does Howie consider to do a good job with knobs?
(a) Chyrsler.
(b) Toyota.
(c) Honda.
(d) Ford.

3. Where does Howie have a distinct memory of riding an escalator with his mom?
(a) Train station.
(b) Airport.
(c) Department store.
(d) Office building.

4. What purchase does Howie always need a bag for?
(a) Earplugs.
(b) Shoelaces.
(c) Nude magazine.
(d) Condoms.

5. What time does Howie enter his office building at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Noon.
(b) Two o'clock.
(c) Nine o'clock.
(d) One o'clock.

6. Who is Howie sending a memo to right before going to lunch?
(a) Scott.
(b) Bill.
(c) Abe.
(d) Tina.

7. What does Howie spend considerable time thinking about on the subway?
(a) Milk.
(b) Love.
(c) Bread.
(d) Clothes.

8. How old is Howie when he came to a realization when driving behind the garbage truck?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

9. What color is the garbage truck Howie was driving behind?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

10. What does Howie describe in great detail in the first paragraph of the book?
(a) Clocks.
(b) Shoelaces.
(c) Escalator.
(d) Revolving doors.

11. Howie compares sneaker shoelaces to _________ at the end of Chapter 1.
(a) Vinyl shoelaces.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Velcro.
(d) Dress shoelaces.

12. Howie's fascination with clothing short-cuts started with watching _____.
(a) L.
(b) His mother.
(c) PBS.
(d) His father.

13. How old is Howie when he feels like he has reached adulthood?
(a) 23.
(b) 20.
(c) 21.
(d) 22.

14. Howie only likes to use straws for _________.
(a) Coke.
(b) Milkshakes.
(c) Milk.
(d) Juice.

15. What is the name of the Papa Gino's clerk?
(a) Linda.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Tina.
(d) Donna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Howie have fantasies about in Chapter 1?

2. What does Howie refer to his adult thinking life as?

3. What does Howie use the cardboard from his dry cleaned shirts for?

4. What has Howie taken to be repaired by blind people for L?

5. What coincidence about ___does Tina relate to Howie?

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