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

2. As which of the following is Sloan’s hair described?
(a) Dun-colored.
(b) Sorrel-colored.
(c) Chestnut-colored.
(d) Palomino-colored.

3. About which of the following does Malcolm ask Fife?
(a) Philadelphia Folk Festival.
(b) Mariposa Folk Festival.
(c) Sisters Folk Festival.
(d) Kerrville Folk Festival.

4. 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) Conceit.
(b) Tautology.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Simile.

5. At which of the following locations does Fife note his father worked?
(a) North Station.
(b) South Station.
(c) Union Station.
(d) Penn Station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following banks is recommended to Fife?

2. In which of the following Texas cities does Nick Dafina note he and Fife stayed?

3. Which of the following does Fife note passing when he returns to his hometown on the way to Vermont?

4. For which of the following holidays does Fife note to Amy they are expected to visit his parents?

5. The comment that “They move slowly and with great care, as if their bodies are made of cracked glass” (209) offers an example of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sentence is noted for the guilty party in Fife’s work on priestly misconduct?

2. What causes Fife to come to a sudden stop as he drives out of Boston?

3. What features of Boston does Fife recognize as his plane from Washington arrives in that city?

4. Why does Fife note having felt suspicious as he leaves the bank with the deposit check from Alicia’s trust fund?

5. Why does Fife muse Malcolm and Diana do not care about his account of his life?

6. What comments are made regarding Fife’s dormitory room in his first collegiate attempt?

7. How does Fife differentiate biography from autobiography or interview?

8. How does Fife explain his teenaged road trip with Nick Dafina as “clean and honorable” (188-89)?

9. What does Fife muse that Renée does for him?

10. What reasons does Fife give Alicia that his marriage to Amy was wrong?

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