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

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes the conversations the Youngblood family has around the dinner table each night?
(a) Religious.
(b) Boring.
(c) Nonexistent.
(d) Intellectual.

3. What nationality is the tennis player who plays in the one match the narrator remembers?
(a) Swedish.
(b) French.
(c) Russian.
(d) Polish.

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

5. What motivation does the narrator give as to why he wants to tell his stories?
(a) To fool the audience into thinking anything matters.
(b) To pass down generations of his family's stories.
(c) To seek revenge on those he does not like.
(d) To record his own personal history.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something Joey adds to his fruit compote in the hopes of getting a laugh from the family?

2. What time does Zuta go to bed at night?

3. Which of the following adjectives is not one Joey uses to describe Mr. and Mrs. Youngblood's bedroom?

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

5. Who accuses the valet of stealing the family's silver?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who starts the final brawl of the novel?

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

3. What does the narrator of the novel believe is the worst form of torture in the world?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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