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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 is the setting for Chapter 1, Part 2?
(a) Reading Hills Country Club
(b) The K of C Hall
(c) Lantenengo Country Club
(d) The VFW Hall

2. How could the late-1920s be characterized for America?
(a) Depression
(b) Recession
(c) High inflation
(d) Boom time

3. On what street do Lute and Irma live?
(a) Landis Street
(b) Landon Street
(c) Lantenengo Street
(d) Maple Street

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

5. What day is it as the novel opens?
(a) Halloween
(b) Memorial Day
(c) Christmas Day
(d) Fourth of July

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Julian and the person telling the story?

2. What sport did Al used to do?

3. In what room are the characters sitting?

4. From what disease is William English's father assumed to have suffered?

5. Where is Al Grecco headed in Chapter 1, Part 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Julian's father react to Julian's death?

2. What does Caroline threaten Julian with if he does not straighten out the mess with Harry?

3. What effects does alcoholism have on Julian's life?

4. What does William English do for the first ten years after his father's death?

5. What is ironic about Julian's offense toward Harry Reilly?

6. How does the author contrast Lute Fliegler to Julian English in this chapter?

7. How does Julian's boyhood affect his behavior today?

8. How does alcohol become a status symbol during the 1920s and 1930s?

9. What coping mechanisms do Julian and Caroline employ to hide Julian's drunken incident from his parents?

10. Who is Alice Cartwright?

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