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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mr. Singer find out when he gets to the asylum?
(a) There are no visitors allowed.
(b) Antonapoulos has died.
(c) Antonapoulos has been released.
(d) His friend is quite ill.

2. Who does Mr. Singer meet as he walks the streets before catching his train home?
(a) Three men who are mute.
(b) Mick Kelly.
(c) An attractive woman.
(d) A husband and wife who were signing.

3. What does Harry confess to Mick in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) He doesn't like his new job at the New York Cafe.
(b) He wanted to be a communist.
(c) He wanted to assassinate Hitler.
(d) He wanted to go to college.

4. How is Mick feeling at the end of Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Afraid and misunderstood.
(b) Angry and bewildered.
(c) Angry and cheated.
(d) Sick and tired.

5. What happens to Mr. Singer's memories of Antonapoulos?
(a) His memories are forgotten.
(b) His memories are exaggerated.
(c) He forgets the bad memories and maintains only the good ones.
(d) He starts to make stories about the memories.

6. By May, what does Mick spend an obsessive amount of time doing?
(a) Working at the New York Cafe.
(b) Looking for Harry to tell him she is okay.
(c) Swimming, because it is so hot.
(d) Following, watching, or visiting Mr. Singer.

7. Why is Dr. Copeland put into jail?
(a) He doesn't listen when he is told to go home.
(b) They think he is drunk, not sick, when he passes out.
(c) He doesn't go to jail.
(d) He fought back..

8. What does Mick suggest she and Harry do before they return to the meal?
(a) Build a raft.
(b) Swing from a rope.
(c) Swim naked.
(d) Dive in the water.

9. What epidemic keeps Dr. Copeland busy during February?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Pnemonia.
(c) Measles.
(d) Scarlet Fever.

10. Where do Jake and Mr. Singer go in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 13?
(a) The New York Cafe.
(b) Dr. Copeland's house.
(c) Kelly's house.
(d) Portia's house.

11. Why is Mick always asked to work overtime?
(a) Because she can stand on her feet longer than other girls.
(b) Because she needs the money.
(c) Because no one else will do it.
(d) Because the owner likes her.

12. What does Mick dream of being when she is twenty?
(a) A world-famous composer.
(b) A popular writer.
(c) A mother.
(d) A singer.

13. Why does Portia suddenly take up drinking and arrive at her father's house drunk?
(a) She and Highboy could not pay their rent and had to move.
(b) Willie had both feet sawed off.
(c) Her husband left her for another woman.
(d) She lost her job.

14. What happens to Dr. Copeland while he is at the courthouse?
(a) He sees no one and goes home.
(b) He gets ill and passes out.
(c) He is told to go home.
(d) He is beaten by the sheriff.

15. After remembering that Mr. Singer is dead, what does Jake do when he realizes he won't be able to talk to the person he'd like to?
(a) Writes some articles.
(b) Reads the newspaper.
(c) Takes a nap.
(d) He returns to his room, packs his suitcase and leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man named Simms trying to do to Jake Blount?

2. Who does Biff hire to work at the restaurant?

3. Who does Biff watch for when he goes back to work in Part 2, Chapter 8?

4. What does Dr. Copeland say when Jake enters his bedroom?

5. Where does Mick go after work on August 21?

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