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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following does Malcolm compare Fife?
(a) Houdini.
(b) Copperfield.
(c) Merlin.
(d) Gandalf.

2. The comment about Straford that it is “the reverse side of the coin that bears the ghetto on its face” (125) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Tautology.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

3. Which of the following is the defense attorney in Fife’s work on priestly misconduct?
(a) Reginald Barclay.
(b) Bartholomew Applecot.
(c) Reginald Wilton.
(d) Thomas Oglethorpe.

4. Which of the following rental cars is Fife obliged to accept?
(a) Plymouth sedan.
(b) Barracuda.
(c) Ford F-150.
(d) Mustang.

5. The comment that “They are a chain of three islands, tied together, yet separate, an archipelago” (153) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Tautology.
(d) Simile.

6. Which of the following does Nick Dafina drive?
(a) Barracuda.
(b) Ford F-150.
(c) Mustang.
(d) Plymouth sedan.

7. Which of the following scholarships does Fife receive?
(a) Attucks Memorial Alumni.
(b) Armistice Memorial Alumni.
(c) Lincoln Memorial Alumni.
(d) War Memorial Alumni.

8. Onto which of the following roads does Fife turn unthinkingly, heading to his hometown?
(a) The Fallsway.
(b) The Fairway.
(c) The Fenway.
(d) The Fellsway.

9. To which of the following does Nick Dafina compare his teenaged self and Fife’s?
(a) Holden Caulfield.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Huckleberry Finn.
(d) Raych Selden.

10. To which of the following does Malcolm compare Fife?
(a) Gould.
(b) Trudeau.
(c) Peart.
(d) Dion.

11. Until which of the following times does Fife note Feeney’s stays open?
(a) Two a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Three a.m.
(d) One a.m.

12. How much cash does Fife take when he leaves Varney?
(a) $312.
(b) $136.
(c) $406.
(d) $224.

13. The comment that Alicia’s belly “will lie in puddles, a collapsed tent” (233) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Simile.

14. Which of the following does Fife propose to purchase in Strafford?
(a) A massage.
(b) A cheeseburger.
(c) A local directory.
(d) A street map.

15. To which of the following books does Fife refer?
(a) In Memory Yet Green.
(b) I Am Not Spock.
(c) My Life: A Memoir.
(d) My Autobiography as I Remember It.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following jobs does Fife note working in St. Petersburg?

2. Which of the following is quoted in Fife’s work on priestly misconduct?

3. Which of the following does Fife smell on Sloan’s breath?

4. At which of the following theaters does Fife note having watched a movie with his high-school girlfriend?

5. Which of the following judges features in Fife’s work on priestly misconduct?

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