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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 happens when the boiler at the answer to #51 stops working?
(a) It blows up.
(b) It has run successfully for ten years straight.
(c) It causes a fire which burns an entire block.
(d) It is dumped and gutted for parts.

2. Where do the boys stop to get their frogs?
(a) Rancho Bernardo
(b) Carmel
(c) Encinitas
(d) La Jolla

3. Why does Guy not use his mechanical abilities on the machines in the canneries?
(a) Guy has a bad temper.
(b) Guy is too shy to ask for work.
(c) The owners are too cheap to hire him.
(d) Guy never shows up on time.

4. How much rent money comes in to Lee?
(a) $1500
(b) $0
(c) $750
(d) $50

5. Everybody in town loves Dora except _____________________.
(a) restaurant owners
(b) the priests and nuns
(c) the married spinsters
(d) the bar owners

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the boiler?

2. How long has Dora been in business?

3. What happens to some of the boiler's larger pipes?

4. Why does Lee make the decision he does about the building?

5. Who helps Doc collect 300 starfish for an order from Northwestern University?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mack has a twinge of guilt about the frog mission?

2. Describe Doc's physical appearance.

3. Explain the relationship between Doc and Frankie.

4. Describe the contents of Eddie's punch.

5. Explain the irony in Mack's telling Doc that he and the boys need money for a good cause.

6. What is Gay's special talent?

7. How does Lee acquire the Model T Ford?

8. What is the significance of Lao Tze's philosophies in the story?

9. Describe Doc's personal characteristics.

10. What is the irony of Hazel's name?

(see the answer keys)

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