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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 Joan's profession?
(a) An actress
(b) A lawyer
(c) A caterer
(d) A tennis champ

2. What is a sporting house?
(a) A poker house
(b) A gambling den
(c) A cock fight arena
(d) A brothel

3. What does Homer think of Homer's sales pitch?
(a) He is insincere
(b) He is too reticent
(c) He is too aggressive
(d) He is too much of a clown

4. In what room does the answer to #17 live?
(a) 280
(b) 20
(c) 200
(d) 208

5. Whose accent and mannerisms does Tod mimic?
(a) A New England fisherman
(b) A hillbilly
(c) A Civil War colonel
(d) A British commander

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tod think it would be like to fall on Faye?

2. What happens in the days after Harry and Faye meet Homer?

3. What is the name of the building where Tod lives/

4. What is the scene in one of the bedroom paintings?

5. What is Homer's fear when he takes a nap?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Homer's house seem to symbolize who he is?

2. Describe Homer's house.

3. How does Homer manage the intrusion of the Greeners into his life?

4. How does the author begin the story with interest so that the setting and time period are different from what is originally thought?

5. How does Faye react when Tod tries to get closer to her?

6. What progress is Tod making at getting closer to Faye?

7. How does Tod come to spend his evenings with Harry even if Faye is not home?

8. What were the circumstances of Homer Simpson's move to California?

9. How does the author indicate that Homer has some serious personal issues?

10. Who is Earle Shoop?

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