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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. Who is Mr. Holtzman's assistant in the shoe store?
(a) Chuck
(b) Chip
(c) Buster
(d) Smitty

2. What have Dennis and Billy just done as Chapter 4 begins?
(a) Returned from a fishing trip
(b) Returned from war
(c) Taken a cruise
(d) Graduated college

3. How does Dennis receive the news about what Eva has done with the money?
(a) He is not surprised
(b) He is devastated
(c) He is confused
(d) He is only slightly surprised

4. Who were the girls that Billy and Dennis had met while swimming in the bay many years ago?
(a) Eva and Marina
(b) Esther and Mary
(c) Eva and Mary
(d) Ellen and Marina

5. Who was the driver of the trolley?
(a) David
(b) Duane
(c) Mike
(d) Daniel

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sheila work when she quit school?

2. When Dennis and Billy get up the nerve to talk to the two girls, where do they learn the girls are from?

3. What does Eva send Billy when he requests shoe sizes?

4. Where had Billy gone to take a pledge to stop drinking?

5. Who lives in the Long Island house now?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Billy's relatives recall about him at the bar?

2. What was Billy's habit of writing notes to people?

3. Why does Dennis want to protect Billy's dream of Eva from his mother, Sheila?

4. What insight does this chapter provide about Billy's character?

5. Describe how Billy's behavior is not far fetched, given the post-war climate they live in.

6. How does Dennis' daughter meet Matt?

7. How does Billy's promise to Eva come about?

8. What is the setting for Chapter 1?

9. How has Dennis' mother, Sheila, finally feel happy in her life?

10. What had Sheila's life been like after her parents died?

(see the answer keys)

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