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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What motivation does the narrator give as to why he wants to tell his stories?
(a) To fool the audience into thinking anything matters.
(b) To record his own personal history.
(c) To seek revenge on those he does not like.
(d) To pass down generations of his family's stories.

2. How does Syphus kill himself?
(a) He shoots himself.
(b) He drowns himself.
(c) He hangs himself.
(d) He poisons himself.

3. What part of Mrs. Youngblood's body are particularly white and grotesque to Joey?
(a) Her calves.
(b) Her thighs.
(c) Her shoulders.
(d) Her hands.

4. Which of the following characters frequently takes a cold shower in the morning rather than a bath?
(a) Zuta.
(b) Mr. Youngblood.
(c) Joey.
(d) Mrs. Youngblood.

5. Which of the following characters is not involved in the massive brawl at the end of the novel?
(a) Zygmunt.
(b) Pimko.
(c) Joey.
(d) Kneadus.

6. Which of the following is not a form of torture discussed by the narrator in this novel?
(a) Betrayal.
(b) Toothaches.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Obestiy.

7. In what types of positions does Joey hope he catches Zuta in while peeping on her?
(a) Ugly situations.
(b) Vulnerable situations.
(c) Mundane situations.
(d) Sexy situations.

8. Which of the following adjectives best describes the conversations the Youngblood family has around the dinner table each night?
(a) Religious.
(b) Nonexistent.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Boring.

9. Which of the following adjectives is not one Joey uses to describe Mr. and Mrs. Youngblood's bedroom?
(a) Clean.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Simple.

10. Which of the following characters did not write a love letter to Zuta that she keeps in her bedroom dresser?
(a) Joey.
(b) Pimko.
(c) Kneadus.
(d) Kopyrda.

11. What game does Joey play with Kneadus and the servants on his first day at Auntie's house?
(a) Darts.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Cards.
(d) Checkers.

12. How many gentlemen ride their women up to the Marquis when they see him in the crowd?
(a) 44.
(b) 19.
(c) 28.
(d) 36.

13. How does the schoolgirl respond when her parents ask her who the young boy was they saw her with?
(a) She is outraged.
(b) She is apathetic.
(c) She is embarrassed.
(d) She is confused.

14. Which of the following is not something Joey adds to his fruit compote in the hopes of getting a laugh from the family?
(a) Toothpicks.
(b) Bread.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Pepper.

15. How does Mrs. Youngblood react when she realizes Joey is in love with her daughter?
(a) She is confused.
(b) She is apathetic.
(c) She is amused.
(d) She is outraged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joey find inside Zuta's tennis shoe that makes his heart beat quickly?

2. According to the narrator, who is the counter-balance to Filibert?

3. What tragic event happens to the Marquis's wife as she is watching the gentlemen ride up to her husband?

4. Which of the following characters screams that there is a thief in the house when Kopyrda is heard in Zuta's bedroom?

5. Who does Joey run into a field with at the end of the novel?

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