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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 characters is the first to question Joey about his real age?
(a) Mrs. Youngblood.
(b) Mr. Youngblood.
(c) Pimko.
(d) The schoolgirl.

2. Who wins in the pistol shootout between Momsen and Filibur?
(a) Filibur.
(b) Neither man wins.
(c) The men tie.
(d) Momsen.

3. Where does Filibur know he must slap Momsen to save his wife's life?
(a) On the buttocks.
(b) On the back of the head.
(c) On the hand.
(d) On the cheek.

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

5. What question does the schoolgirl ask Joey over and over and over when he is in her bedroom?
(a) Do you need some help?
(b) Where do you think you are?
(c) What can I do for you?
(d) How did you get in here?

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the one person Kopydra yearns for more than any other?

2. How does Joey feel when he wakes up from his bizarre dream at the opening of the novel?

3. Which verb does the teacher want the students to translate even though they are not interested?

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

5. Who does Kneadus attack upon entering the Youngblood home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What complaint does the teacher have when Pimko drops Joey off for his first day of school?

2. How do the students in Joey's classroom treat their teachers?

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

4. How does the dual between Filidor and Momsen end?

5. How do the students in Joey's English class feel about the Polish poet, Slsowacki?

6. How does Dr. Pimko react when he reads the writing Joey has completed after waking from his strange dream?

7. What type of literary critic does the narrator despise?

8. How do the students in Joey's class respond when they are asked to translate Latin?

9. How does Zuta react when Joey enters her room unannounced?

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

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