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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. What simile is made to describe the wind?
(a) Loud as a lion.
(b) Strong as a bear.
(c) Cold as misery.
(d) Ruthless as a viking.

2. What did the main character have to restrain himself from doing when the girl argued with her nurse?
(a) Crying.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Shouting.
(d) Intervening.

3. Where does the main character's father's grocery store rank?
(a) Third.
(b) Second.
(c) First.
(d) Fourth.

4. What does the person who approaches Dexter in the raft want to know?
(a) If he can drive a motor-boat.
(b) If he can surf.
(c) If he can fish.
(d) If he can ski.

5. In what state does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) New York.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Montana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile is used to describe some of the caddies?

2. What was Judy's mood like at dinner with Dexter?

3. What drowns out the music Dexter is hearing while on the raft?

4. What subject do Dexter and Judy not discuss during dinner?

5. Dexter owned the largest string of his type of business in his section of the country by the time he was what age?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dexter intend to do at the end of Part 5?

2. Why did Dexter welcome the war?

3. What is meant when Dexter is described as "hard minded" in Part 5?

4. What reasons did Judy give for ending her relationship with Dexter in Part 5?

5. What is the financial state of most of the caddies at Sherry Island Golf Club?

6. At dinner in Part 3, what do Dexter and Judy discuss about Dexter's life?

7. How does Devlin describe Judy's marriage?

8. What happened to Dexter's laundry business in Part 5?

9. How does the first "official" meeting between Dexter and Judy go?

10. Why does Dexter quit caddying?

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