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

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

3. Which of the following is the name of Fife and Nick Dafina’s high school principal?
(a) Collucci.
(b) Feeney.
(c) Geppetto.
(d) Varney.

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

5. From which of the following colleges did a teenage Fife flee?
(a) Goddard.
(b) Rumford.
(c) Boston.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following scholarships does Fife receive?

2. Which of the following does Fife note driving in St. Petersburg?

3. Which of the following is the name of Fife’s mother?

4. To which of the following does Malcolm compare Fife?

5. About which of the following does Fife ask Nick Dafina as they return to their hometown together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What apprehension does Fife face as he parks in front of a pharmacy in his hometown?

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

4. How is Stanley’s house described?

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

6. What does Fife assert marks the end of his and Nick Dafina’s innocence?

7. What are Nick Dafina’s military plans?

8. With what interviewing technique does Malcolm credit Fife?

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

10. What does Fife note as a primary Sunday occupation in St. Petersburg?

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