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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 drug affects Ben's minds and moods most severely?
(a) Pastil.
(b) Prozac.
(c) Hexaphron.
(d) Largactil.
2. How old is McLeish when Vern takes him to lunch?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 24.
(d) 30.
3. How does Ben think his "bad times" usually come on?
(a) Suddenly.
(b) He never has bad times any longer.
(c) With a clear cause.
(d) Gradually.
4. What is the name of Jo's musical group in Part II?
(a) The Free Girls.
(b) The Linettes.
(c) The Wonders.
(d) The Tearaways.
5. Who sells Ben drugs regularly?
(a) Rodney.
(b) Trevor.
(c) James.
(d) Henry.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is Alec's new job in Part I?
2. Which writer pushes past Alec on the picket line in Part II?
3. Why does the person Alec is asking for a job tell him he has hesitations for hiring him?
4. Who tries to deter the person who refuses to pay Ben for his fare on the bus in Part II from fighting Ben?
5. When does the bombing that kills the five children, and many more people, happen in the start of this novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Vern like as a child, and how does his childhood temperament relate to his adult one?
2. What is one action Alec focuses on and participates in in his organizing work in Part II?
3. What is unusual about the way Jo experiences music?
4. In Part II, who does Alec have a difficult relationship with in his life?
5. What reasons does Spufford imagine that might have prevented the Woolworth's bombing?
6. In Part I, how does Alec demonstrate his willingness to challenge authority as a child?
7. What does Jo notice about the man she thinks of as having a frog face in Part II?
8. Why does Vern refuse to talk to the object of his admiration in Part I in the restaurant?
9. Why does the doctor and medical students analyze Ben's case in Part II?
10. What is Jo's experience in Part II trying to make it as a musician in America?
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