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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. The novel Crossroads begins in what city?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) St. Paul.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Chicago.

2. When the novel begins, Russ’s humiliation happened how many years earlier?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. Rick Ambrose was from what wealthy hometown and state?
(a) Shaker Heights, Ohio.
(b) Quaker Heights, Ohio.
(c) Quakertown, Ohio.
(d) Shakertown, Ohio.

4. How does Marion reference the physical attributes of her psychiatrist?
(a) As a dumpling-eating woman who is tall.
(b) As a dumpling-faced lady on steroids.
(c) As a chair-filling dumpling of a woman.
(d) As a nice woman with pockmarks on her face.

5. What is the adult vodka mixed drink that Perry drinks at the Haefle party?
(a) Bloody Mary.
(b) Gløgg.
(c) Sløgg.
(d) Martini.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Clem write to inquiring about joining the military?

2. What are the two sides of Clem’s personality that he feels he needs in order to kill the enemy in Vietnam?

3. When Sharon tells Clem that she is in love with him, what is his response?

4. At what age does Becky inherit the money from Shirley?

5. What does Laura Dobrinksy call Russ in relation to his ministering?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Becky say that Shirley’s death was like that of Eleanor Rigby?

2. How does Clem realize Russ is “blackening” Rick Ambrose’s name?

3. Why does Perry say that he is “damned” at the Haefle party, when he gets caught getting drunk by his mother?

4. Why does Shirley give $13,000 to Becky in a will as an inheritance?

5. Why does Marion call Shirley’s acting insignificant, by referring to her as a “pretty face who memorized lines”?

6. Why does Marion still feel guilty for her father’s suicide?

7. Why did Russ not appreciate Marion’s loyalty to him in regard to her also not liking Ambrose?

8. What does Sally say to Ambrose, that Russ told her about Russ’s marriage?

9. How is Judson treated as a character in the novel?

10. Why does Perry want to join the Crossroads group, and why does Ambrose tell Becky he disapproves of Perry joining?

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