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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 happens when the ship owner's wife slaps the man sitting next to her?
(a) The man blacks out.
(b) The man slaps her back.
(c) The man vomits.
(d) The man has a seizure.

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

3. Which of the following characters frequently takes a cold shower in the morning rather than a bath?
(a) Mrs. Youngblood.
(b) Joey.
(c) Mr. Youngblood.
(d) Zuta.

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

5. How does Zuta react when Kopyrda climbs through her window?
(a) She kisses him.
(b) She screams.
(c) She slaps him.
(d) She ignores him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives best describes the conversations the Youngblood family has around the dinner table each night?

2. How long did Joey live in his childhood home before his family moved away?

3. How many spectators are at the tennis match?

4. Which of the following characters did not write a love letter to Zuta that she keeps in her bedroom dresser?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Joey and Kneadus reach the edge of the city in their search for the farmhand?

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

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

7. How do Joey and Kneadus fare while searching for the farmhand in the city?

8. What is the residual effects of the battle between Syphus and Kneadus the day after?

9. How does Mr. Youngblood react to the scene he walks into in Zuta's bedroom while looking for thieves?

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

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