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

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

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

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

5. 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 a special hospital in Texas to get help.
(c) All the answers are correct.
(d) Take the boys to the state capitol, and tell the governor what happened.

6. 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.

7. What does Dr. Copeland lack the strength to do?
(a) To crawl into the back of the wagon for a nap.
(b) To jump off the wagon and go home again.
(c) To shout his feelings to the world.
(d) To sit up and speak in a loud voice.

8. What happens after the Jake and Dr. Copeland talked most the night?
(a) They realize they both enjoy reading the same books.
(b) They realize they agreed on many things, but not on how to accomplish them.
(c) They realize they were hopelessly opposite in their views.
(d) They both are hungry and thirsty.

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

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

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

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

13. What does Jake's fellow workers think he is?
(a) A communist.
(b) A fugitive.
(c) A clown.
(d) A crazy man.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9 what is the Kellys biggest problem?

2. How do Harry and Mick get the the Girl Scout camp?

3. Where does Biff go during his Sunday break?

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

5. How does Dr. Copeland feel about Mr. Singer's death?

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