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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Del and Naomi go to a dance?
(a) The Palladium
(b) The Crystal Ballroom
(c) Gay-la Dance Hall
(d) Danny's Disco Palace

2. What beverage is Art drinking at the house?
(a) Iced tea
(b) Whiskey
(c) Red wine
(d) Coffee

3. Del explores the actual creative and ______________ process of creating a story.
(a) Publishing
(b) Editorial
(c) Logical
(d) Mechanical

4. In what terms does Del not describe herself as she stands at the mirror?
(a) Erotic
(b) Sexual
(c) Spiritual
(d) Physical

5. What is Art unable to discuss about his trip to Florence?
(a) Language
(b) Currency exchange
(c) Religious differences
(d) Art and culture

6. What does Del learn about Miss Farris three or four years after the operetta?
(a) She eloped
(b) She moved to Europe
(c) She drowned
(d) She resigned

7. Which of the following is not usual behavior between boys and girls at school at Del's age?
(a) Evasion
(b) Hostility
(c) Public displays of affection
(d) Mock hatred

8. What does Naomi's father do to her when she gets home?
(a) Grounds her for a month
(b) Makes her stay up all night
(c) Beats her with his belt
(d) Sends her right to bed

9. Who comes to this town in Del's novel?
(a) A photographer
(b) The circus
(c) A film crew
(d) A new minister

10. Which of the following terms does Del not use to describe Naomi after she has been sick?
(a) Passionate
(b) More ladylike
(c) Daintier
(d) Discreet

11. Who does Del tell about her writing project?
(a) Her mother
(b) No one
(c) Naomi
(d) Aunt Elspeth

12. Del bases her story on the events that happen to whom?
(a) A local family
(b) The Mafia
(c) A queen
(d) A politician

13. Where do Del and the boy in #158 spend much of their time?
(a) The Pine Club
(b) The Haines Restaurant
(c) The Blue Owl
(d) DeDe's Diner

14. Where does the photographer go in the town?
(a) The library
(b) The Baptist church
(c) The town hall
(d) The school

15. Why is Naomi furious with Del the next day?
(a) Del lost her favorite lipstick
(b) Del burned a hole in her best dress
(c) Del bailed on the group the night before
(d) Del flirted with her boyfriend

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Del carry her novel?

2. What does Naomi's mother's book not address regarding sex?

3. What favor does Mr. Chamberlain ask of Del?

4. What has Del outgrown in this section?

5. With whom does Del discuss what had happened with Mr. Chamberlain?

(see the answer keys)

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