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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. Which tavern did the writer Dylan Thomas frequently visit to drink?
(a) Puck Fair Tavern.
(b) The White Widow Tavern.
(c) The Black Horse Tavern.
(d) The White Horse Tavern.

2. 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 ___________.
(a) Sin.
(b) Explanations.
(c) Regrets.
(d) Pride.

3. What did Saul think he had initially when he fell ill?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Alzheimers.
(c) Appendicitis.
(d) The flu.

4. What did Saul Silverman's mother blame for his illness?
(a) Stress.
(b) Allergens.
(c) The water.
(d) Food poisoning.

5. What did Anatole open before taking Sheri to bed in Chapter 10?
(a) A book.
(b) Windows.
(c) Doors.
(d) The oven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anatole told whom that he planned on keeping the painting because it was his in Chapter 12?

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

3. To Sheri, sex was an exploration of ____________.

4. What did Anatole do after Sheri went flailing in the chair in Chapter 11?

5. What illness led to Saul's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Delmore's response to Anatole's story in Chapter 14?

2. Who arrived at Anatole's door in Chapter 12? Why?

3. What did Anatole not know about his friend Saul?

4. Why did Anatole close his bookstore in Chapter 11? What did he go on to do?

5. Where did Anatole go after leaving Sheri in Chapter 11? How did he feel about the location?

6. How did Anatole describe his friend Saul Silverman in Chapter 13?

7. What story did Delmore relate to Anatole in Chapter 16? What was Anatole's response?

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

9. What had happened once Pablito returned in Anatole's story in Chapter 14?

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

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