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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following magazines does Irene carry out of New York?
(a) Harper’s Bazaar.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) The Atlantic.
(d) Astounding Science Fiction.

2. Which of the following does Dorothy idolize?
(a) Georgette.
(b) Colette.
(c) Jeanette.
(d) Claudette.

3. With which of the following does "Personality on Legs" begin?
(a) “The old life was over.”
(b) “The sisters needed to sleep for a year.”
(c) “Irene stuffed a letter to Handyman in the mailbag and opened a fan letter in a flimsy international airmail envelope.”
(d) “Then the old woman stood on the far side of the decades.”

4. What piece of clothing does Irene lose in the basement where she and Dorothy are trapped?
(a) Beret.
(b) Breeches.
(c) Brassiere.
(d) Blouse.

5. From what state does Garcia come?
(a) California.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Texas.

6. In what city had Dorothy attended college?
(a) South Bend.
(b) Bloomington.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Terre Haute.

7. In what year did the Clubmobile Corps begin?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1915.

8. Where does Irene dispose of her engagement ring?
(a) East Twenty-Eighth Street.
(b) West Twenty-Eighth Street.
(c) West Eighteenth Street.
(d) East Eighteenth Street.

9. Through which station does Irene first enter London?
(a) King’s Cross.
(b) Euston Station.
(c) Southwark.
(d) Paddington.

10. From which of the following is one of the novel’s epigraphs taken?
(a) The Helpmobile.
(b) The Clubmobile.
(c) The Batmobile.
(d) The Bookmobile.

11. What article of clothing does Irene wear that shocks Dorothy?
(a) Hose.
(b) Corset.
(c) Girdle.
(d) Cincher.

12. What song does Walker sing at the talent show?
(a) “What a Wonderful World.”
(b) “Chicken Pot Blues.”
(c) “Disappearing Skin Tight Blues.”
(d) “Good Night, Irene.”

13. What rank does Garcia hold?
(a) Private.
(b) Specialist.
(c) Corporal.
(d) Private first class.

14. In which of the following had Irene spent time?
(a) Aquebogue.
(b) Peconic.
(c) Cutchogue.
(d) Mattituck.

15. Which of the following plays does Irene find in the house where she and Dorothy seek refuge?
(a) Henry V.
(b) Titus Andronicus.
(c) Taming of the Shrew.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following photographs Irene?

2. From which of the following does Handyman hail?

3. On which of the following avenues does Irene’s mother have an antique store?

4. In the novel, what is Miller’s Law?

5. Which of the following is the first English city Irene reaches?

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