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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tyler call his parents' house in Chapter 24?
(a) The place where children fear to tread.
(b) The house on the small hill.
(c) The house that time forgot.
(d) The dungeon.

2. Which group is Andy pleased to notice are not present at Bunny's party?
(a) The outlawed.
(b) Yuppies.
(c) The freakishly beautiful.
(d) Young people.

3. In Andy and Claire's eyes, where do the MacArthurs live permanently?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1940s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1950s.

4. What does Tyler read in the car on the way back from his and Andy's Christmas Eve shopping trip?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) Vanity Fair.
(c) Mad Magazine.
(d) An Archie comic.

5. In Chapter 20, how many women does Mr. MacArthur say he has dated in his life?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Three.

6. When Claire is storming out of his place, what word does Tobias use to describe her?
(a) Peculiar.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Sublime.

7. What does Dag recall his father said gasoline smelled like in Chapter 16?
(a) His childhood.
(b) The future.
(c) Fear.
(d) Jail.

8. What does Elvissa get a job as in Chapter 21?
(a) A candy striper.
(b) A gardener at a nunnery.
(c) A coach for a little league team.
(d) A writer for a monthly magazine.

9. In Chapter 25, what does Andy say you have to live with when you're middle class?
(a) There is always somebody richer than you.
(b) You have nothing to define you.
(c) The fact that history will ignore you.
(d) The are middle of the road.

10. What does Andy find Dag scooping out of the common pool in Chapter 29?
(a) Plastic flowers.
(b) Pieces of ripped up paper.
(c) Socks and underwear.
(d) Beer cans.

11. What does Dag do to the Aston Martin convertible he sits on after leaving work in Chapter 20?
(a) Sets it on fire.
(b) Pretends it is his and tries to pick up women.
(c) Draws a pornographic picture on it.
(d) Steals it.

12. What does Dag think he'll be doing when he dies?
(a) Planting flowers.
(b) Swimming with the dolphins.
(c) Eating ice cream.
(d) Sleeping.

13. When Andy goes home for Christmas, what does his mother tell him she has stopped doing?
(a) Caring what her children do with their lives.
(b) Talking to his father.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Eating red meats.

14. What does Tobias compare Eastern bloc toilet paper to?
(a) A K-Mart flyer.
(b) Sandpaper.
(c) A leaf.
(d) Bread crust.

15. In Chapter 20, what does Dag tell Andy he wants to do with his future?
(a) Have ten children.
(b) Write a novel.
(c) Own a hotel.
(d) Save the Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the party, owing to the weather, what is Andy worried about when he is talking to Dag out in the yard?

2. What does Claire want there to be in her bungalow when she returns home from New York?

3. How do Tyler and Andy refer to Tyler's group of friends?

4. What does Andy credit with keeping him "level" in Chapter 20?

5. What does Tobias say his memory of life on Earth is?

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