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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where will the family be going for a party later on?
(a) The Princeton Inn
(b) The Wyeth Inn
(c) Stage Coach Inn
(d) Brandywine Inn

2. What is the reason Ed cannot go to the Stage Coach Inn tonight?
(a) His car is broken
(b) His son broke his arm
(c) He got a flat tire
(d) He has the flu

3. Who is Helene Holman?
(a) Lute's sister
(b) Irma's best friend
(c) A singer at the Stage Coach Inn
(d) Caroline's sorority sister

4. Who has Julian apparently humiliated?
(a) Irma
(b) Ed
(c) Harry
(d) Al

5. In what year did the coal strike occur?
(a) 1899
(b) 1916
(c) 1925
(d) 1931

6. What does Julian's father chastise him for?
(a) His drinking
(b) His clothes
(c) His spending
(d) His mistress

7. What does Julian's mother scold him for?
(a) Developing a double chin
(b) Marrying the wrong girl
(c) Living in the wrong neighborhood
(d) Spending too much money

8. What college had Julian wanted to attend?
(a) Princeton
(b) Yale
(c) Harvard
(d) Duke

9. How much did Ed Charney give Al to have Ed's car washed after Al got out of prison?
(a) $1
(b) $5
(c) $3
(d) $10

10. To what does William English belong in Gibbsville?
(a) The volunteer fire department
(b) The garden club
(c) The Boy Scouts
(d) Every civic group

11. Who is Lute's boss?
(a) Julian English
(b) Johnson Hall
(c) Ross Campbell
(d) Ed Charney

12. What does Lute want to take to the party?
(a) Deli trays
(b) His own liquor
(c) Fireworks
(d) Steaks

13. As a result of the strike, what did the people of Gibbsville begin to use in their homes?
(a) Oil burners
(b) Chimineas
(c) Telephones
(d) Fireplaces

14. Which family is the focus of Chapter 2, Part 2?
(a) Fliegler
(b) English
(c) Charney
(d) Grecco

15. What is the value of each gift given to Julian and Caroline?
(a) $1,250
(b) $750
(c) $250
(d) $2,500

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julian want to do to the person telling the story?

2. Why do Julian and Caroline go to the answer to #97?

3. On what street do Lute and Irma live?

4. Why was Al sent to prison?

5. Who is William Dilworth English?

(see the answer keys)

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