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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. How is Chuck able to attend engineering college?
(a) Family inheritance.
(b) Lied on student loans.
(c) G. I. bill.
(d) Scholarships.

2. When Fido leaves Chuck in Chapter 12, where does he go?
(a) To Fred.
(b) Back to Vinnie.
(c) To Rosemary.
(d) To L. D. Zimmern.

3. What animal reminds Vinnie of Chuck?
(a) Polar Bear.
(b) Baboon.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Grizzly Bear.

4. Who is Roo's father?
(a) L. D. Zimmern.
(b) Chuck.
(c) Jimbo.
(d) Roberto.

5. What do Vinnie's acquaintances assume about her and Chuck?
(a) They have moved in together.
(b) They detest one another.
(c) They are lovers.
(d) They are related.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits Vinnie while she is ill in Chapter 7?

2. Who prevents Fred from seeing Rosemary at the end of Chapter 11?

3. Whose voice does Rosemary imitate when she tells Vinnie she looks sixty and knows nothing about life?

4. Who does Fred want to see when he passes out?

5. What term does Chuck not use to describe his "folks"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fred go to Holland Park in Chapter 8?

2. What does Vinnie fantasize about the polar bears while she is visiting the London Zoo with her cousins?

3. Describe the events in the kitchen that ultimately lead up to Chuck and Vinnie making love.

4. How does Vinnie try to change Chuck's appearance in Chapter 9?

5. Explain the events that take place when Fred gets to Holland Park.

6. Why is Fred so bitter at the beginning of Chapter 10?

7. Describe Edwin's interaction with Fred at Rosemary's house in Chapter 11.

8. Describe the symbolism Fred takes from the postcard he finds from Roberto Frank.

9. How has Chuck changed from the beginning to the end of the book?

10. Describe the events that lead up to Jakie saying his first word.

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