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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following body parts is not one Momsen attacked on Filibur's wife?
(a) Her nose.
(b) Her ears.
(c) Her fingers.
(d) Her eyes.

4. How old is Joey at the opening of the novel?
(a) 19-years-old.
(b) 27-years-old.
(c) 30-years-old.
(d) 42-years-old.

5. How does the narrator feel about literary critics who hold fast to the iron-clad rules of construction?
(a) He ignores them.
(b) He ridicules them.
(c) He is confused by them.
(d) He admires them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pimko hide while taking notes on the children while they play at the playground?

2. According to the narrator, what are all writers dependent on above all else?

3. What language does Joey's class work on translating, even though no one is prepared?

4. What is the name of the gang of boys Syphon puts together?

5. Who wins in the pistol shootout between Momsen and Filibur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What division takes place on the schoolyard after Pimko's notes have been read?

2. At the opening of the novel, how does Joey feel when he first wakes from sleep?

3. How does the narrator feel about Chopin?

4. How does Joey react when Zuta calls him a clown?

5. How does the principal of Joey's school feel about Pimko's psychological style?

6. Why doesn't Kopydra want to engage in the dual between the lads and the guys?

7. How do the school kids respond when they see Pimko spying on them, taking notes?

8. How is Mrs. Filidor caught in the crossfires of her husband's battle?

9. What is Mrs. Youngblood's reaction to Joey's age?

10. What bizarre dream does Joey have the night before the novel opens?

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