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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Willem's family members dies first?
(a) Hemming.
(b) Sven.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

2. JB attends graduate school and earns a degree in what discipline?
(a) Biology.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Art.
(d) Literature.

3. Jude was caught stealing a lighter from which priest?
(a) Brother Michael.
(b) Brother Luke.
(c) Brother Peter.
(d) Father Gabriel.

4. What strategy does Willem adopt during Jude's episodes of extreme pain?
(a) He stays somewhere else overnight.
(b) He makes Jude a cup of tea.
(c) He leaves the room.
(d) He offers Jude pillows.

5. Which character is the only person Jude will allow to provide him with medical care?
(a) Harold.
(b) Willem.
(c) Andy.
(d) Malcolm.

6. Before any guests arrive to Jude and Willem's party, what action does Jude take?
(a) He falls asleep on the couch.
(b) He burns himself on the stove.
(c) He lies down in bed.
(d) He takes a long bubble bath.

7. In what location does Jude keep his self-harm kits?
(a) In the back of the closet.
(b) Under the couch cushions.
(c) Behind a tile in the fireplace.
(d) Taped under the sink.

8. To what career does Malcolm aspire in college?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Architect.
(d) Lawyer.

9. What was the first thing Jude ever stole?
(a) A package of crackers.
(b) A mother-of-pearl comb.
(c) A watch.
(d) A tortoiseshell comb.

10. What is the name of JB's grandmother?
(a) Lisette.
(b) Charmaine.
(c) Yvette.
(d) Evelyn.

11. Who is Ana?
(a) JB's former professor.
(b) Malcolm's mother.
(c) JB's aunt.
(d) Jude's former social worker.

12. What does the tortoiseshell comb symbolize?
(a) Hope.
(b) Justice.
(c) Passion.
(d) Hypocrisy.

13. Willem's friends tease him about what aspect of his character?
(a) How much attention he receives from men.
(b) How he feels about his female friends.
(c) How lazy he is in the romance department.
(d) How much attention he receives from women.

14. Who is looking at an apartment on Lispenard Street in the novel's opening scene?
(a) JB and Malcolm.
(b) Willem and Jude.
(c) Malcolm and Jude.
(d) Willem and JB.

15. What is the only phrase Jude has ever mentioned in connection with his damaged legs?
(a) A car accident.
(b) A beating.
(c) An illness.
(d) A disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year of college is Willem enrolled when Hemming undergoes surgery?

2. While Willem asserts that his parents had been "efficient and competent with Hemming," (53) but had not shown Hemming much of which emotion?

3. With what type of event do Harold, Julia, Jude, and their friends celebrate Judes' adoption?

4. Willem is born how many years after his brother Hemming's birth?

5. What item does one of the priests accuse Jude of stealing?

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