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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hot spot of Spanish Harlem did Delmore and friends head to in Chapter 14?
(a) The library.
(b) Rico's taco's.
(c) Little Havana.
(d) The Park Plaza.

2. What did Anatole fear his father would see when Sheri went flailing in the chair in Chapter 11?
(a) That she wore a wig.
(b) Her socks.
(c) Her lack of underwear.
(d) Her jewelry.

3. After how long since Saul told Anatole he was dying was he hospitalized and soon died?
(a) Twelve hours.
(b) Two years.
(c) Two months.
(d) A few days.

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

5. Where was Dylan Thomas born?
(a) Italy.
(b) Wales.
(c) Spain.
(d) Turkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Maya Deren's birth name?

2. What did Anatole know at the end of Chapter 10?

3. When Anatole had asked Sheri what a painting meant to her after she finished it, she told him that he'd never be a man until he could live without ___________.

4. After Pablito disappeared, his friends sought out the stranger. What did the friends do to him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Anatole discover Sheri after leaving class in Chapter 11? What was his reaction?

2. What was Anatole's reaction to Caitlin Thomas' advances in Chapter 15?

3. What scene took place with Dylan Thomas' wife in Chapter 15?

4. Where did Anatole move after leaving his parents' home in Chapter 12? How did he feel about the move?

5. What did Anatole question about Sheri's "message" in Chapter 10 when he found her in the middle of the night?

6. What led to Sheri flying out of a chair in Chapter 11? What did Anatole do?

7. When did Anatole Broyard die? Who assisted in the completion of the book?

8. How did Anatole relate the desires of women in the late 1940s? How did men differ?

9. What conversation did Anatole have at the police station in Chapter 12?

10. How did Anatole describe ethnic differences in New York in the 1920s? How did this relate to Saul Silverman?

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