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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Biff need to do in order to avoid flunking Math?
(a) Apologize to Mr Birnbaum
(b) Become organized and study hard
(c) Finally hand in his Math assignments
(d) Bribe Mr Birnbaum

2. How has Willy's salary rate changed?
(a) He is no longer paid overtime.
(b) His rate of commission has been reduced.
(c) He is to be paid according to a strict time sheet.
(d) He is now on commission only like a beginner.

3. What make of car does Willy currently drive?
(a) Chevrolet
(b) Citroen
(c) Morris Minor
(d) Studebaker

4. What advice does Willy remember Ben giving him?
(a) Open a diamond mine in Alaska.
(b) Go to Africa and prospect for diamonds.
(c) Get out of the cities and buy a ranch.
(d) Get out of the cities and fight for a fortune in Alaska.

5. Where does Willy get the money he says is his pay?
(a) From Bill Oliver
(b) From Charley
(c) From Uncle Ben
(d) From Howard Wagner

6. What does Willy say about Biff's knowledge of sporting goods?
(a) That he knows sporting goods better than Spalding.
(b) That he has tried every brand, but Spalding is best.
(c) That he knows a good deal about the way basketballs are packed in cartons.
(d) That he knows sporting goods better than Adidas.

7. What is it about Willy that the woman says she likes?
(a) The presents he gives her
(b) His big spending and his sense of humor
(c) The smell of his after shave and his happy nature
(d) His sense of humor and because he is sweet

8. What statement of Ben's summarizes his business ethics?
(a) Do business on a handshake and fight fair.
(b) Always fight fair with a stranger.
(c) Treat business like a jungle and watch out for the monkeys.
(d) Never fight fair with a stranger.

9. Who does Happy say is his ideal girl?
(a) Someone like his mother
(b) Someone with financial experience
(c) Anyone he can look up to and who will help him get along
(d) Someone who is a good cook and a good typist

10. How did Ben and Willy's father support his family financially as they traveled?
(a) By selling the flutes he had made
(b) By working in bars
(c) By giving flute concerts in every town they visited
(d) By selling agricultural machinery he had invented

11. What worrying news does Bernard bring?
(a) He has heard that Mr Birnbaum is leaving the school.
(b) He has heard that someone else has won the sports scholarship.
(c) He has heard Mr Birnbaum threatening to flunk Biff in Math.
(d) Biff has failed Math.

12. Where does Willy believe his company most needs him?
(a) In Florida
(b) In New England
(c) In Yonkers
(d) In New York

13. Why does Biff plan to visit Bill Oliver?
(a) To ask him for a job
(b) To pay back some money lent in the past
(c) To give him a job
(d) To ask him for money

14. What ultimatum does Linda serve to her sons?
(a) Either pay respect to their father or do not visit.
(b) Either they clean up their rooms or they will not be welcome again.
(c) Either help out financially or stay away.
(d) Pay respect to their father or she will not talk to them.

15. Who is Bill Oliver?
(a) Biff's previous employee
(b) Happy's merchandise manager
(c) Biff's previous employer
(d) Willy's best friend

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Willy pay for Biff's radio correspondence course?

2. To what does Bernard attribute Biff's lack of success after the age of seventeen?

3. Making an inference from Linda's words, what do you think is Angelo's occupation?

4. What is it that Happy says he has always wanted?

5. How much does Linda have to pay for repair of the hot water system?

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