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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical change does Joey feel in his body as he is speaking with Dr. Pimko?
(a) He feels himself shaking.
(b) He feels himself heating-up.
(c) He feels himself shrinking.
(d) He feels himself expanding.

2. Which of the following words does Pimko use to express "bottom"?
(a) Pupa.
(b) Paris.
(c) Parachute.
(d) Punch.

3. What does the narrator extol for creating mythology?
(a) Character.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Repetition.

4. How does Joey feel about telling the school girl his true age?
(a) He desperately wants to tell her.
(b) He is confused whether or not he should tell her.
(c) He does not want to tell her.
(d) He doesn't think about telling her.

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

6. Which of the following groups of people does not have major control over Joey's opinion of himself?
(a) School girls.
(b) His parents.
(c) Gentry,
(d) Office clerks.

7. In the dream, how does Joey react when he sees a younger apparition of himself waving to him?
(a) He slaps the apparition in the face.
(b) He runs away from the apparition.
(c) He shakes hands with the apparition.
(d) He waves back to the apparition.

8. What does Joey do for a living?
(a) He is a writer.
(b) He is a dancer.
(c) He is a sculpter.
(d) He is a painter.

9. 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 writing graffiti.
(c) They start swearing.
(d) They start fighting.

10. How much money does Filibur spend to get his wife's health back to normal?
(a) 450,000.
(b) 650,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 850,000.

11. Where does Pimko hide while taking notes on the children while they play at the playground?
(a) Underneath the slide.
(b) Behind a dumpster.
(c) In his car.
(d) Behind a tree.

12. Which of the following career choices does Joey find most annoying?
(a) Tanning.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Beekeeping.

13. Which musician does the narrator claim audiences appreciate only because the larger musical world tells them to?
(a) Tschikovsky.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Bach.
(d) Beethoven.

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

15. What is Momsen's lover's weakness?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Money.
(d) Puppies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives is not used by Joey to describe the schoolgirl when he sees her for the first time?

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

3. What does Joey chew on while he listens to the schoolgirl talk with a friend on the phone?

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

5. Where does Filibur know he must slap Momsen to save his wife's life?

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