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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Albert do in Stofsky's apartment during the hours when he is awake?
(a) Plays guitar.
(b) Tidies the apartment.
(c) Cooks.
(d) Watches TV.

2. What drug does Ben offer to Hart in Chapter 7?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Benzedrine.

3. Who bails Stofsky out of jail?
(a) Paul.
(b) Winnie.
(c) His father.
(d) Agatson.

4. What does the hip crowd consider to be its style of music?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Folk.
(c) Classical.
(d) Rock.

5. Who is the father of Winnie's baby?
(a) Stofsky.
(b) Rock.
(c) Jack.
(d) Ace.

6. Who has cut himself/herself off from the rest of the group?
(a) Paul.
(b) May.
(c) Christine.
(d) Stofsky.

7. How does Christine feel about Gene at this point?
(a) She will take him any way she can get him.
(b) She thinks she could fall in love with him.
(c) She is in love with him.
(d) She never wants to see him again.

8. Paul recognizes the man in #159 as the same guy _________________________.
(a) who butted in front of him in the supermarket line.
(b) he pointed out to Estelle at the Go Hole.
(c) gave him his seat on the subway.
(d) who ran into him on the sidewalk.

9. Which club employee does Hart hit on?
(a) Emma.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Janice.
(d) Margo.

10. Who is Stofsky's former literature professor?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Middleton.
(d) Sloane.

11. Stofsky calls his letters from Ketcham and Verger ______________________.
(a) nuisances.
(b) a parting of the ways.
(c) rejection slips of the soul.
(d) wake-up calls.

12. With whom is Verger in love?
(a) May.
(b) Joely.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Suzanne.

13. Why does Kathryn tell Paul to get rid of the radio that Albert gave to Gene?
(a) Because it takes too many batteries.
(b) Because she wants a new one.
(c) Because it is broken.
(d) Because it was probably stolen.

14. How many days prior to his death did the person in #175 break up with his girlfriend?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 17.

15. Paul tells Gene that he _______________________ about Gene's affair with Kathryn.
(a) is furious.
(b) has no feelings.
(c) is happy.
(d) is not bothered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hart Kennedy's former wife?

2. Winnie's boyfriend is a ___________________.

3. How does Paul feel after finishing his book?

4. Who does Paul take home with him at the end of the story?

5. What happens when Paul tries to make love to the woman in #136?

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