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

2. What city is the minor office clerk from who has a man leap onto her head at the tennis match?
(a) Figuig.
(b) Tangiers.
(c) Berrechid.
(d) Rabat.

3. What is the after effect of the fight on Kneadus the next day at school?
(a) His face is stuck in a grimace.
(b) He has gone mute.
(c) His arms and legs are badly scarred.
(d) He is missing four teeth.

4. How long did Joey live in his childhood home before his family moved away?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the valet Kneadus is in love with?

2. How does Joey feel about visiting the outskirts of the city in search of the farmhand?

3. In what century does the tennis match take place?

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

5. In what types of positions does Joey hope he catches Zuta in while peeping on her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kneadus react when he sees the farmhand he has been searching for working at Auntie's house?

2. How does Mrs. Youngblood react when she sees Zuta walking down the street with a boy she doesn't know?

3. Why does Joey end up in a field at the end of the novel?

4. What does the narrator of the novel think about symmetry?

5. What are Valek and Kneadus doing in the woods when Auntie and Uncle find them there?

6. What motivation does the narrator say he has for wanting to be a storyteller?

7. How does Mrs. Youngblood react when she realizes that Joey is in love with Zuta?

8. How does Auntie feel about the budding friendship between Valek and Kneadus?

9. What happens when Pimko also arrives outside Zuta's window while Kopyrda is still inside?

10. How does Zuta respond when she realizes Joey is spying on her?

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