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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 most shocking to Angie about Mexicans?
(a) Their poverty.
(b) Their cruelty towards women.
(c) Their laid back attitude.
(d) Their laziness.

2. What does Jack buy with the money he borrows from Irwin?
(a) A passport.
(b) Some luggage.
(c) Some clothing.
(d) A plane ticket.

3. How long does the trip on the ship take to get to its destination?
(a) 30 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 20 days.

4. What happens in California just as Jack and Angie leave for Florida?
(a) A heat wave.
(b) A series of mudslides.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A tidal wave.

5. What does Jack do on his last day in California before going to Florida with his mother?
(a) Cries in his room.
(b) Writes a poem.
(c) Smokes peyote.
(d) Goes to a movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jack hope to see more of when he returns to California?

2. What does Jack say when Angie confesses to him what she is so shocked about in Mexico?

3. Which of the following is NOT something that Angie tells her son he needs to be happy?

4. How long does Angie wait to return to Florida after her furniture arrives in California?

5. How do Jack and his mother christen their new apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Angie convince her son to give up in his life before heading back to Florida?

2. What does Jack find when he returns from helping a friend move some of his things?

3. How does Jack describe Cody when he tries to retrieve some money lent to him?

4. How does Irwin describe Hubbard?

5. What is Jack's response when Alyce asks to be allowed to go with him to Africa?

6. What does Hubbard express a need to purge himself of, and why?

7. What happens when Jack first meets Alyce?

8. What is Jack and Angie's new apartment like?

9. Why does Jack think childbirth is a disservice?

10. How does Hubbard survive in Tangiers with no real work?

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