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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following characters screams that there is a thief in the house when Kopyrda is heard in Zuta's bedroom?
(a) Mrs. Youngblood.
(b) Mr. Youngblood.
(c) Joey.
(d) Zuta.

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

5. How many children does Aunt Hurlecka have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

6. What part of the ship's body does the colonel's bullet hit?
(a) His leg.
(b) His neck.
(c) His back.
(d) His stomach.

7. How many spectators are at the tennis match?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 4,000.

8. Which of the following groups of people is not one to whom the narrator compares his literary work?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Schoolgirls.
(c) Office workers.
(d) Cowboys.

9. Who does Joey run into a field with at the end of the novel?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His valet.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His aunt.

10. What part of Kopyrda's outfit does Joey find lying on Zuta's bedroom floor?
(a) His vest.
(b) His tie.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His suspenders.

11. What sound do the boys hear as they make their way to the outskirts of the city?
(a) Dogs barking.
(b) Roosters crowing.
(c) Cats mewling.
(d) Monkeys howling.

12. What happens when the ship owner's wife slaps the man sitting next to her?
(a) The man blacks out.
(b) The man vomits.
(c) The man has a seizure.
(d) The man slaps her back.

13. What does Joey pay the beggar in the street to hold in his mouth?
(a) A stick.
(b) A moth.
(c) A starfish.
(d) A flower.

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

15. Who accuses the valet of stealing the family's silver?
(a) Zygmunt.
(b) Hulecka.
(c) Joey.
(d) Kneadus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a reason why Kneadus rejects companionship from a particular farmhand?

2. Which of the following nursery rhyme characters invades Joey's daydreams while he is in class?

3. What does Joey daydream about on his second day of school?

4. How does Mrs. Youngblood feel about the prospect of her young daughter getting pregnant?

5. What bizarre action does Joey watch Zuta do after he hears her groaning in the dark?

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