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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the bridge where Jack is let off from the cab in Chapter 3?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown.

2. What is Jack happy to find along the road in Chapter 3?
(a) The trees.
(b) The bridge.
(c) The creek.
(d) The cliff.

3. What drinks the narrator's canned milk in Chapter 8?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A cricket.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A bluejay.

4. Where are the narrator and his friends driving in Chapter 13?
(a) San Fernando Valley.
(b) Santa Clara Valley.
(c) Big Sur.
(d) San Francisco.

5. What are the black things the narrator sees in the sand in Chapter 3?
(a) Mule dung.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Turtles.

6. For how long does the narrator write that he will go crazy in Chapter 8?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three days.

7. What is one of the faults the narrator notes about the cabin in Chapter 6?
(a) No screens on the windows.
(b) No windows.
(c) No bars on the windows.
(d) No fans.

8. What month is it when Jack is in the cabin in Chapter 6?
(a) October.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) July.

9. What does the narrator refer to his socks as in the book?
(a) Socksies.
(b) Footies.
(c) Tooties.
(d) Sockiboos.

10. How old is the character of Arthur Ma?
(a) 30.
(b) 23.
(c) 41.
(d) 35.

11. What does the narrator write that the fishes of the sea speak in Chapter 7?
(a) Breton.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Latin.

12. The narrator writes in Chapter 8 that, "ten delicate ____ slowly chewed at midnight is something no one's ever done in luxurious restaurants."
(a) Candies.
(b) Olives.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Chocolates.

13. The narrator writes that within what time period, he lost complete control of the peace mechanisms of his mind?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six weeks.

14. What was Montesanto's nickname in college?
(a) Graybeard.
(b) Chessmaster.
(c) Smiler.
(d) Poet.

15. What is one of the two names the narrator planned on using as a code name in Chapter 1?
(a) George Baso.
(b) Adam Yulch.
(c) Cody Pomeray.
(d) James Joyce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator envy of Montesanto's?

2. Who wrote, "You go out in joy and in sadness you return"?

3. How old does the narrator say he is in the beginning of the book?

4. What are the new generation of kids who wear ragged but strangely elegant clothing called?

5. What does Jack fear in the brush as he travels down the road in Chapter 3?

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