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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What war does the narrator mention in the memoir for Chapter 1?
(a) World War II
(b) The Vietnam War
(c) The Korean War
(d) World War I

2. What are Nick and Marjorie doing as the story begins?
(a) Rowing in a boat
(b) Riding bicycles
(c) Studying
(d) Playing tennis

3. What does Krebs' mother want him to do?
(a) Take care of his grandmother
(b) Go to college
(c) Make something of himself and get married
(d) Move out of the house

4. What is the location of the Story in Chapter 3?
(a) Michigan
(b) Maine
(c) Montana
(d) New Mexico

5. In the Memoir for Chapter 5, what are the condemned army officers covered with before their execution?
(a) Wet, dead leaves
(b) Paint
(c) Hoods
(d) Olive oil

6. Who is Dick Boulton?
(a) The head of the local plumbers union
(b) A school board member
(c) One of the men who comes to work for Nick's father
(d) The mayor of the town

7. Where does Krebs live?
(a) Oregon
(b) Ohio
(c) New Mexico
(d) Oklahoma

8. What has Marjorie brought along tonight?
(a) Homework
(b) A bottle of champagne
(c) A transistor radio
(d) A picnic lunch

9. What do the Greek soldiers do to their mules after they break the front legs of the animals?
(a) Force them to carry heavy loads
(b) Bludgeon them to death
(c) Push them off the dock into shallow water
(d) Shoot them in the head

10. What fills the muddy roads leading out of the city?
(a) Greek citizens pulling carts with all their belongings
(b) Water from unrelenting rains
(c) Garbage from a garbage strike
(d) Tanks and other military vehicles

11. Where did Bugs meet Ad?
(a) Detroit
(b) In jail
(c) In school
(d) A homeless shelter

12. In what year does this story take place?
(a) 1922
(b) 1822
(c) 1903
(d) 2002

13. Who is Marjorie?
(a) Nick's girlfriend
(b) Nick's mother
(c) Nick's sister
(d) Nick's piano teacher

14. In what year does the story for Chapter 7 take place?
(a) 1946
(b) 1920
(c) 1973
(d) 1919

15. What do Nick and Bill decide to do?
(a) Get drunk
(b) Enlist in the army
(c) Call some girls
(d) Go fishing

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ad get mad at Nick?

2. What does Nick call his friend, Rinaldi, in the Memoir?

3. Nick's recovery in a hospital mirrors whose life?

4. What profession does Nick's father have?

5. Who is Agnes von Kurowsky?

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