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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Jude pay for college?
(a) He worked and took out loans.
(b) He paid for the first year and Harold paid for the rest.
(c) His parents paid and he worked.
(d) He was awarded a full scholarship.

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

4. In hopes of progressing in his career, JB gets a job as a receptionist at what kind of establishment?
(a) A law office.
(b) A hair salon.
(c) A medical office.
(d) An art magazine office.

5. In what season does Willem decide that he will never go home again?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

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

7. What is Ratstar?
(a) A bar.
(b) A podcast.
(c) An architectural firm.
(d) A law firm.

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

9. Willem is born how many years after his brother Hemming's birth?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

10. What regular activity does Jude undertake in order to exercise his legs and back?
(a) Jogging.
(b) Rollerblading.
(c) Walking.
(d) Swimming.

11. With what type of event do Harold, Julia, Jude, and their friends celebrate Judes' adoption?
(a) A vacation.
(b) A party.
(c) A cruise.
(d) A baseball game.

12. Who recalls Jude coming to college with only a single backpack in tow?
(a) Richard.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Willem.
(d) JB.

13. Around what location had Willem liked to push Hemming's wheelchair as Hemming enjoyed the ride?
(a) The grocery store parking lot.
(b) The riverside.
(c) The ranch.
(d) The track.

14. At what type of location had Hemming spent his days throughout his life?
(a) His parents' home.
(b) An assisted living center.
(c) A rehabilitation facility.
(d) A camp program.

15. Felix confides in Jude one day that he feels what emotion much of the time?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Ennui.
(d) Elation.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what career does JB aspire in college?

2. The bulk of Jude's pain is located in what part of his body?

3. What is Harold's last name?

4. In what state was the group home where Jude lived for a time?

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

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