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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 time does Miss McLoughlin find Isaac in Fannie's room on page 51?
(a) 7:15.
(b) 6:45.
(c) 7.
(d) 7:30.

2. Where did Isaac's family come from?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Russia.
(d) Bulgaria.

3. What time did Stuart and Florence used to go out for her swims?
(a) 5 a.m.
(b) 5:30 a.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

4. How many miles is the swim around the perimeter of Absecon Island?
(a) 22.
(b) 19.
(c) 26.
(d) 17.

5. When did Stuart's great-grandfather buy the land and build the place that became Covington Hotel?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1880.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since Ederle's wim across the English Channel in 1926, how many other women have made the crossing?

2. When did Joseph open the plant on Mediterranean Avenue?

3. In "Gussie," where is Gussie?

4. How many exclamation marks did Gussie use after Florence's name on a note she leaves in the entry way of her grandparents' apartment?

5. Where is Anna planning on going to college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Esther decide about telling Fannie that Florence has died?

2. Why is Gussie staying with her grandparents for the summer?

3. When did Isaac's parents arrive in Alliance, and why did they struggle there?

4. Who is Anna?

5. What happens to Florence?

6. What does Gusslie like and not like about being in the shadow of Atlantic City's Steel Pier?

7. Why is Stuart frustrated that his father pulled him from the States Avenue lifeguard stand?

8. What do Fannie and Esther have to say about Fannie's new room at the hospital?

9. Why does Fannie find her mother exhausting to be around sometimes?

10. Why does Joseph rent a beach chair for a week in "Joseph"?

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