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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jake observe happening around the Sunny Dixie?
(a) Fights, anger, and even a murder.
(b) Gangs are hanging out there.
(c) Simms is getting drunk there.
(d) Children can't afford tickets.

2. Why does Mick think boys have it better than girls?
(a) Boys can wear their hair short if they wanted too.
(b) Boys can wear long pants or shorts.
(c) Boys can get a part time job and not have to quit school.
(d) Boys are stronger.

3. What grieves Dr. Copeland the most?
(a) He has not accomplished what he had wanted to do.
(b) He is going away from his children.
(c) He is going to miss his work.
(d) He is too tired to care.

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

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

6. Where is Jake Blount running as he tries to escape his problem?
(a) Home.
(b) Out of town.
(c) To the New York Cafe.
(d) To the Kelly house to see Mr. Singer.

7. What does Harry ask Mick to do to get away and relieve the heat?
(a) Swim in the river.
(b) To go on a picnic and swimming.
(c) Go to the YMCA pool.
(d) Go to the country club pool.

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

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

10. What does Jake tell Copeland's guests he wants to do?
(a) Take the boys around, and tell people what happened and why.
(b) Take the boys to the state capitol, and tell the governor what happened.
(c) Take the boys to a special hospital in Texas to get help.
(d) All the answers are correct.

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

12. What is Dr. Copeland supposed to do on August 21, 1939?
(a) Move in with Portia.
(b) Move to his in-law's farm.
(c) Take a vacation.
(d) Retire.

13. 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 school was starting soon and she was working.
(c) That she was alone and unhappy.
(d) That Mr. Singer had committed suicide and that she had found him.

14. Why does Harry say he is leaving town?
(a) Because he is afraid he'll go to jail for what he did.
(b) Because he can make better money in another town.
(c) Because if he stays his mother will figure out what they did.
(d) Because he wantsd to marry Mick and she says no.

15. 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 changes from mild-mannered to irritable and cold.
(d) He picks a fight with the staff at the asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mick suggest she and Harry do before they return to the meal?

2. What gift does he give Antonapoulos?

3. When Jake asks Willie to tell him what happened, what does Willie say?

4. What epidemic keeps Dr. Copeland busy during February?

5. What happens in June that changes everything for Mick?

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