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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. With how many dogs is Happy mated?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

2. Where does Art's father live?
(a) Denver.
(b) Boston.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Washington, D.C.

3. Which of the following is a name Phlox has also been called?
(a) Mookie.
(b) Miri.
(c) Muu-Muu.
(d) Mau-Mau.

4. To whose summer house do Art, Arthur and Cleveland go for a break from Pittsburgh?
(a) Phlox's parent's.
(b) Cleveland's father's.
(c) Arthur's brother's.
(d) Art's father's colleague's.

5. Who is the protagonist of THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH?
(a) Art Bechstein.
(b) Abe Bechstein.
(c) Art Bellingham.
(d) Art Buchwald.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Art and his father have to leave the restaurant?

2. In what season does the book take place?

3. Who is the young man that Art notices working at a library?

4. Who does Arthur say he has slept with?

5. What happens to Happy, the Bellwethers' collie in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Art's perspective on his education and his upcoming summer?

2. How does Art meet Arthur?

3. Who is Happy?

4. What fantasy does Art employ when he is about to make love to Phlox for the first time?

5. How does Art get to meet Cleveland?

6. Why is Art's life filled with secrets?

7. What is the story of Cleveland's family?

8. How does the author show Phlox's opinion of Arthur's sexuality?

9. How does the author use foreshadowing when talking about Art's interest in Arthur's homosexuality?

10. How does the author use foreshadowing for the character of Cleveland and his effect on Art's life?

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