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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 serves the Chapmans as a secretary?
(a) Saly.
(b) Susannah.
(c) Leticia.
(d) Lucy.
2. Which of the following news events does Fife note in the paper before he leaves for Vermont?
(a) A firebombing at Macy’s in Dallas.
(b) A firebombing at Neiman Marcus in Dallas.
(c) A firebombing at Macy’s in New York.
(d) A firebombing at Junior’s in New York.
3. The comment that “he was unable to speak from that gap and had to cry out, like a mountain climber fallen into a glacial crevasse” (108) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Simile.
4. Fife’s comment that “he’s one of those exploratory robotic spacecraft that somehow slip past the gravitational fields of all nine planets in the solar system and never orbit or crash into anything, and eventually they sail out of the solar system, blown by the solar wind beyond the heliosphere into deep space” (71) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Tautology.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Simile.
5. What is Fife’s son’s middle name?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Leonard.
(d) Jackson.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following pet-names does Fife’s son have for his grandmother?
2. The comment that “One hand lies trapped beneath a hip, the other pressed against the opposite hip, as if he has caught himself while applauding his dreams” (59) offers an example of which of the following?
3. Which of the following news events does Fife note in the paper before he leaves for Vermont?
4. To which filmmaker’s work does Emma compare Fife’s?
5. Which of the following makes of car does Fife take before leaving for Vermont?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Fife note for feeling sorry for Diana?
2. What reasons does Alicia give in favor of Fife refusing the Chapmans’ offer?
3. What idea does Fife advance in his colonial American literature class, and why is it flawed?
4. What reasons does Fife give for being able to confess?
5. After what does Fife pattern his appearance while living with the Chapmans?
6. What reason does Fife note Emma has for sleeping in a separate bedroom from him?
7. What reasons does Fife give for having married Amy?
8. How is the weather on the day of the interview described?
9. What reasons does Alicia give in favor of Fife accepting the Chapmans’ offer?
10. What distinction does the novel make between immigrants and refugees?
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