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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thomas not like to talk about?
(a) Plants.
(b) Movies.
(c) Books.
(d) Music.

2. What is on the narrator's clothes in the first chapter?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Ketchup.
(d) Blood.

3. Who wants to open up their own firm?
(a) Marie.
(b) Helene.
(c) Daniel Slater.
(d) Mr. Ali.

4. Who does Marie have an argument with at the airport?
(a) Robbie.
(b) Pop.
(c) Helene.
(d) Agathe.

5. What does Agathe say about her leaving her family?
(a) They were better off without her.
(b) She is sorry.
(c) They needed her.
(d) She was never a good wife or mother.

6. Why was the early 1960s so frightening for the narrator?
(a) Because she hated school.
(b) Because of the possibility of nuclear war.
(c) Because of segregation.
(d) Because of Woodstock.

7. Who in the family passes away in 1987?
(a) The narrator's Grandma.
(b) The narrator's dad.
(c) The narrator's mom.
(d) The narrator's Grandpa.

8. Why is the narrator embarrassed remembering Helene's 13th birthday?
(a) She got caught stealing from a candy shop.
(b) She got in trouble with Pop.
(c) She does not get embarassed.
(d) She threw up at the sight of a slain deer.

9. Who thinks Communism is dangerous?
(a) Marie.
(b) Pop.
(c) Sankara.
(d) Agathe.

10. Who has been stuck in the same job for 30 years?
(a) Mr. Ali.
(b) Peggy.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Helene.

11. What was the name of the departed's dog?
(a) Micky.
(b) Marmaduke.
(c) Manny.
(d) Mouse.

12. Who wants to be a spy growing up?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Mr. Ali.
(c) Agathe.
(d) Helene.

13. Why do the cops show up in Chapter 1?
(a) They heard gunshost from the precinct.
(b) The neighbor called them.
(c) They did not show up.
(d) The narrator called them.

14. Where is the twins' father?
(a) He is abroad.
(b) He is in California.
(c) He is in Ghana.
(d) He is dead.

15. Who is Daniel Slater?
(a) Helene's son.
(b) Helene's boss.
(c) Helene's boyfriend.
(d) Helene's friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator have a tense relationship with?

2. What is the name of the narrator's dog?

3. What does Helene insist the narrator wear as a child?

4. Why is there a white van outside Marie's house the night she goes out with Thomas?

5. Who believes in Communism?

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