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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the others react to Joe's challenge?
(a) With tears.
(b) With surprise.
(c) With hostility.
(d) With laughter.

2. What instructions does Hickey give Cora?
(a) Marry Chuck and move to the country.
(b) Begin the birthday meal.
(c) Buy more gifts for Harry.
(d) To sit at a piano and practice.

3. With whom is Parritt having a conversation?
(a) Willie.
(b) Larry.
(c) Joe.
(d) Hickey.

4. Why does Joe announce the bar is closed?
(a) The bar is closed for repairs.
(b) The bar is closed for an inspection.
(c) The bar is closed because there is no alcohol left.
(d) The bar is closed for the party.

5. What is nearing completion later that night at the saloon?
(a) The new kitchen.
(b) The regulars' time together.
(c) Prepartions for a Mardi Gras party.
(d) Prepartions for Harry's birthday party.

6. What kind of student is Willie?
(a) A med student.
(b) A law student.
(c) A grad student.
(d) A doctoral student.

7. From where does Hickey know Parritt?
(a) Little League baseball.
(b) Grade school.
(c) The Movement.
(d) He cannot say.

8. What does Cora say about Hickey?
(a) He looked horrible.
(b) He seemed upset.
(c) He was rude.
(d) He seemed different.

9. What does Parritt do when Hickey does not recognize him?
(a) He leaves.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He asks Hickey who he is.
(d) He introduces himself.

10. What is the story about?
(a) A cave man coming to life.
(b) An iceman who delivers ice in a neighborhood.
(c) A group of friends who go out for a night on the town.
(d) Their painful, aborted attempts to change themselves.

11. What happens to the deluded peace of a group of regulars at a low-end bar?
(a) It is destroyed.
(b) It is questioned.
(c) It is interrupted.
(d) It continues.

12. What does Harry urge the others to do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Drink.
(c) Talk.
(d) Confess.

13. What does Hickey say about Larry's attitude?
(a) He does not know what he is talking about.
(b) He is correct.
(c) He is partially correct.
(d) It is just another pipe dream.

14. For what does Willie wake up enough to beg?
(a) An aspirin.
(b) A glass of water.
(c) Another drink.
(d) A pillow.

15. About what do Larry and Mosher argue?
(a) The tab.
(b) Who has the better pipe dreams.
(c) Who will pay for the next drink.
(d) Whether Hickey is telling the truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Parritt's mother arrested?

2. Why are Lewis and Wetjoen reliving their rivalry?

3. From what does Hickey want to save the regulars?

4. What does Rocky say he is not?

5. What are almost all the regulars doing?

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