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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the children on the playground think Pimko is when they see him writing notes in hiding?
(a) The school inspector.
(b) A police officer.
(c) The school nurse.
(d) An escaped criminal.

2. How does Joey feel about having to stay with the Youngbloods while he is in school?
(a) He is disappointed.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is excited.
(d) He is apathetic.

3. What language does Joey's class work on translating, even though no one is prepared?
(a) Latin.
(b) Pig Latin.
(c) Greek.
(d) Spanish.

4. How does Kopydra react when Joey tries to engage him in the schoolyard battle?
(a) He joins the battle.
(b) He ignores Joey completely.
(c) He punches Joey in the face.
(d) He jumps out the window.

5. After experiencing the dream in which the apparition waves to him, what does Joey feel most inspired to do when he wakes up?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Eat.
(c) Draw.
(d) Write.

6. At what time of day does Pimko drop Joey off at the Piórkowski school?
(a) Afer school is out for the day.
(b) At first bell.
(c) At final bell.
(d) At lunch.

7. What hurtful name does the schoolgirl call Joey when he is sitting in her bedroom?
(a) A child.
(b) A doofus.
(c) A dog.
(d) A clown.

8. Which of the following topics of conversation is not one Pimko quizzes Joey on in his bedroom?
(a) Russian Huguenots.
(b) King Ladislas.
(c) Obscure sixteenth-century writers.
(d) Hellenic civilizations.

9. Which community does the narrator think is the stupidest community in the world?
(a) The religious community.
(b) The sports community.
(c) The academic community.
(d) The art community.

10. Who does Kneadus challenge to a dual of pulling faces?
(a) Joey.
(b) Pimko.
(c) Syphus.
(d) Kopydra.

11. Which of the following sciences does Professor Filidor study?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Physics.
(c) Analysis.
(d) Synthesis.

12. What is the name of the "cool student" who refuses to take sides in the schoolyard brawl between Kneadus and Syphon?
(a) Kopyrda.
(b) Slowaki.
(c) Hopek.
(d) Mizdral.

13. Which of the following actions is not something the children do to try to prove Pimko wrong in his theories about them?
(a) They start shredding his notes.
(b) They start swearing.
(c) They start writing graffiti.
(d) They start fighting.

14. What does the schoolgirl do to pass her time while she is waiting for her parents to get home after Joey arrives?
(a) She picks at her skin.
(b) She paints her toenails.
(c) She braids her hair.
(d) She brushes her teeth.

15. What is Momsen's girlfriend's name?
(a) Flora.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Aurora.
(d) Laura.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the schoolgirl ask Joey over and over and over when he is in her bedroom?

2. How old is Joey at the opening of the novel?

3. When Joey storms back into the schoolgirl's bedroom, what blinds him upon entry?

4. Which of the following items is not something then narrator considers an interruption in life?

5. In the English classroom after the schoolyard fight, which is the only student prepared to discuss the material?

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