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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do the two tennis players react to seeing their ball shot into the air?
(a) They were outraged.
(b) They were confused.
(c) They were terrified.
(d) They were amused.

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

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

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

6. Which of the following communists has a speech given to Kneadus by a peasant?
(a) Marx.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Hubbard.
(d) Mao.

7. 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.

8. How does Mr. Youngblood react when Mrs. Youngblood tells him he is acting childishly?
(a) He begins to cry.
(b) He storms out of the house.
(c) He slaps her across the face.
(d) He ignores her completely.

9. What are the peasants on the outskirts of town afraid the boys have come to steal from them?
(a) Their food.
(b) Their good.
(c) Their money.
(d) Their souls.

10. What does Uncle find the valet doing for Kneadus out in the woods, which enrages him?
(a) Ironing his clothes.
(b) Slapping him in the face.
(c) Brewing him coffee.
(d) Pitching him a tent.

11. What does Joey find inside Zuta's tennis shoe that makes his heart beat quickly?
(a) A photograph of him.
(b) A pair of her lacy underwear.
(c) A book about communism.
(d) A carnation.

12. What action does Joey perform in Mrs. Youngblood's bedroom?
(a) He sleeps in her bed.
(b) He steals her pocket change.
(c) He rifles through her underwear drawer.
(d) He dances on her floors.

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

14. 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 embarrassed.
(c) She is apathetic.
(d) She is confused.

15. What nickname does Joey give to the schoolgirl that causes her parents to burst out in giggles?
(a) Mommy.
(b) Chick.
(c) Doll-face.
(d) Sunshine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What motivation does the narrator give as to why he wants to tell his stories?

2. Which of the following items is not something the narrator feels weighted down by in his greenery?

3. Which of the following genres of literature is not one the narrator believes this novel could fit into?

4. What happens when the ship owner's wife slaps the man sitting next to her?

5. While she is doing her language homework, how does Zuta feel about the confrontation that happened at the dinner table earlier that night?

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