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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 stick.
(b) A moth.
(c) A starfish.
(d) A flower.

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

3. What is the name of Joey's girl cousin?
(a) Posia.
(b) Kosia.
(c) Losia.
(d) Zosia.

4. What sound does Joey make through the wall to let Zuta know he's spying on her?
(a) He clears his throat.
(b) He sneezes.
(c) He hiccups.
(d) He coughs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Joey perform in Mrs. Youngblood's bedroom?

2. How many gentlemen ride their women up to the Marquis when they see him in the crowd?

3. Which of the following processes is not one the narrator is quick to do?

4. Which of the following characters frequently takes a cold shower in the morning rather than a bath?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Joey alter the fruit compote he is served for dessert with the Youngblood family?

6. How does the crowd at the tennis match respond to all the craziness going on around the field?

7. What causes the epileptic seizure that frightens the crowd of spectators at the tennis match?

8. How does the narrator explain his beliefs that all art is an imitation?

9. Who starts the final brawl of the novel?

10. What interesting items does Joey find in Zuta's bedroom when he snoops through her belongings?

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