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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who began fighting and throwing things at the welcome home party for Maya Deren?
(a) Caitlin Thomas.
(b) Meyer Schapiro.
(c) John Leonard.
(d) Alexandra Broyard.

2. Whom did Anatole leave the painting with in Chapter 12?
(a) His father.
(b) Sheri.
(c) Eleanora Derenkowsky.
(d) Detective Scanlon.

3. Anatole became acquainted with Delmore Schwartz when had accepted a piece Anatole had written for what publication?
(a) Partisan Magazine.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) Newsweek.

4. Anatole told whom that he planned on keeping the painting because it was his in Chapter 12?
(a) His father.
(b) Detective Scanlon.
(c) His mother.
(d) Sheri.

5. What made Anatole grow faint in Chapter 10?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fumes.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Relief.

6. Where did Anatole find Sheri one night in Chapter 10?
(a) In a doorway.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the bathroom.
(d) Outside.

7. What did Anatole close as it reminded him too much of Sheri in Chapter 11?
(a) His bookstore.
(b) His heart.
(c) His bank account.
(d) His bakery.

8. After Pablito disappeared, his friends sought out the stranger. What did the friends do to him?
(a) Cut off his hand.
(b) Talked with him.
(c) Made him leave town.
(d) Murdered him.

9. When was Tropic of Capricorn first published?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1938.

10. Along with Truman Capote, Joan Didion, Hunter S. Thompson, John McPhee, and Tom Wolfe, Mailer is considered an innovator of what genre?
(a) Fictitious nonfiction.
(b) Ironic fairytales.
(c) Action fiction.
(d) Creative nonfiction.

11. From where had Maya Deren just returned in Chapter 15?
(a) Cuba.
(b) British Virgin Islands.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Jamaica.

12. Anatole's mother slowed her speech when speaking with Sheri because she thought ______________.
(a) Sheri wasn't listening.
(b) Sheri was foreign.
(c) Sheri couldn't read.
(d) Sheri was hard of hearing.

13. Tropic of Capricorn was banned in the United States until what year?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1961.

14. Who was dancing alongside Maya Deren in Chapter 15?
(a) D.H. Lawrence.
(b) Caitlin Thomas.
(c) Detective Scanlon.
(d) Alexandra Broyard.

15. Anatole thought that Sheri was weird, and she felt that he was ______________.
(a) Righteous.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Cocky.
(d) Ordinary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who knocked at Anatole's door in Chapter 12?

2. Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned from being openly published in Great Britain until what year?

3. Where did Anatole move to in Chapter 12?

4. What did Anatole find Sheri doing with his mother in Chapter 11?

5. What did Anatole do with Sheri after her surprise visit in Chapter 11?

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