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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Singer do to occupy himself when he misses Antonapoulos?
(a) He gets a part time job.
(b) He starts a hobby.
(c) He walks for miles around town.
(d) He listens to the radio.

2. Who does Dr. Copeland decide he needs to talk to about his son?
(a) The pharmacist, Marshall Nicolls.
(b) The superior court judge.
(c) His other sons.
(d) Mr. Singer.

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

4. What does Mr. Singer do when he returns to his home from the asylum?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He shoots himself.
(c) He cries.
(d) He slits his wrists.

5. What changes about Mr. Singer after he learns the news at the asylum?
(a) He picks a fight with the staff at the asylum.
(b) He leaves everything behind and goes home.
(c) He can't stop crying.
(d) He changes from mild-mannered to irritable and cold.

6. When Mick thinks about the last month, what two things can't she believe?
(a) That Mr. Singer was dead and she was grown and working at Woolworth's.
(b) That she was alone and unhappy.
(c) That Mr. Singer had committed suicide and that she had found him.
(d) That school was starting soon and she was working.

7. What does Dr. Copeland say when Jake enters his bedroom?
(a) He asks him what he wants.
(b) He gets up and shakes hands.
(c) He tells him to get out.
(d) He welcomes him inside.

8. What does Dr. Copeland tell his father-in-law he believed in?
(a) Equality for all people.
(b) Liberty and justice for all.
(c) The Constitution.
(d) Justice for negroes.

9. When Jake asks Willie to tell him what happened, what does Willie say?
(a) He says his feet are still hurting, and no one gave them back to him.
(b) He says he wants to be left alone.
(c) He says he was tired and in pain.
(d) He says he can't remember.

10. How does Dr. Copeland feel about Mr. Singer's death?
(a) He refuses to think about it.
(b) He doesn't care at all.
(c) He wishes he'd been there to help his friend.
(d) A dark sorrow fills his heart.

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

12. 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.

13. What happens in June that changes everything for Mick?
(a) Her brother gets a raise and is able to help the family more.
(b) Her sister comes home and said they are hiring where she works.
(c) Etta has her surgery and is getting better.
(d) Her sister comes home and tells her she is getting married.

14. Why is Mr. Singer on the train?
(a) He is looking for a new home.
(b) He is going to the Gulf on vacation.
(c) He is going to visit his sister.
(d) He is going to visit his friend Antonapoulos.

15. What does Biff do to the bedroom after Alice dies?
(a) He remodels it.
(b) He keeps it exactly the same.
(c) He paints the room.
(d) He scrubbs the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Mick getting enough sleep?

2. What does Dr. Copeland lack the strength to do?

3. What happens when Mick talked to Mr. Singer about getting a job?

4. Where is Jake going to go after leaving town?

5. What happens to the music in Mick's mind after all the changes she undergoes during the past month?

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