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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 did not write a love letter to Zuta that she keeps in her bedroom dresser?
(a) Pimko.
(b) Joey.
(c) Kneadus.
(d) Kopyrda.

2. What time does Zuta go to bed at night?
(a) 12:00.
(b) 11:00.
(c) 9:00.
(d) 10:00.

3. What sound do the boys hear as they make their way to the outskirts of the city?
(a) Roosters crowing.
(b) Cats mewling.
(c) Dogs barking.
(d) Monkeys howling.

4. How does the schoolgirl respond when her parents ask her who the young boy was they saw her with?
(a) She is embarrassed.
(b) She is apathetic.
(c) She is outraged.
(d) She is confused.

5. How many gentlemen ride their women up to the Marquis when they see him in the crowd?
(a) 44.
(b) 19.
(c) 36.
(d) 28.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Mrs. Youngblood's body are particularly white and grotesque to Joey?

2. Which of the following nursery rhyme characters invades Joey's daydreams while he is in class?

3. How many individual forms of torture does the narrator believe there are in the world?

4. At what hour of the day does Mrs. Youngblood always come to check on Zuta's homework?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Aunt Hurlecka come to Joey's rescue while he is on the outskirts of town?

4. Why does Joey create a peephole between his bedroom and Zuta's bedroom?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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