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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why isn't Mick getting enough sleep?
(a) She has to take care of her baby brother at night.
(b) She is helping her father at night.
(c) She is sneaking out of the house at night.
(d) She has to sleep on the sofa.

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

3. Where is Jake going to go after leaving town?
(a) He doesn't know, except that he'll stay in the South.
(b) He is going to Atlanta.
(c) He is going north.
(d) He is going to go to Texas.

4. Who is the only person in Mick's "inside" room?
(a) Mr. Singer.
(b) Bubber.
(c) Her father.
(d) Carol Lombard.

5. What does Biff keep in the room downstairs?
(a) His files, a rocking chair, and his mandolin.
(b) A radio and a rocking chair.
(c) Old photographs of Alice.
(d) His files and newspapers.

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

7. How do Harry and Mick get the the Girl Scout camp?
(a) They ride a bicycle.
(b) The bus.
(c) They walk.
(d) Harry borrows his mother's car.

8. Why has Portia made arrangements against her father's wishes?
(a) He is too contrary for her to handle.
(b) They can not pay for his house and take care of him.
(c) He can't get out of bed.
(d) He is getting too sick and need a hospital.

9. In the narration of Part 2, Chapter 14, how are the strange feelings Mick is having described?
(a) It is like she is tired all the time.
(b) It is like she is waiting for something, but didn't know what.
(c) It is like she wants to get her own apartment.
(d) It is like she missed Harry and wanted to go find him.

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

11. In Chapter 9 what is the Kellys biggest problem?
(a) Having enough money.
(b) Finding new boarders.
(c) Getting the house painted.
(d) Keeping track of the kids.

12. What was wrong with Etta Kelly?
(a) She is sick with a diseased ovary.
(b) She has bad cramps.
(c) She has pnemonia.
(d) She has influenza.

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

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

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) He returns to his room, packs his suitcase and leaves.
(b) Reads the newspaper.
(c) Writes some articles.
(d) Takes a nap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who starts the problem that Jake Blount is running away from?

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

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

4. What does Jake's fellow workers think he is?

5. What does Jake say when Mr. Singer tells him about Willie?

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