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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Gant rent a room to?
(a) A 49 year old widow
(b) A local prostitute
(c) Daisy
(d) Eugene

2. In Chapter 23 where does Eliza go?
(a) To South Carolina
(b) To Florida
(c) To the World's Fair
(d) To New Orleans

3. What does Ben really want to do?
(a) Go to war
(b) Become a war correspondent
(c) Move to New Orleans
(d) Start his own newspaper

4. What does Guy Doak do for Eugene?
(a) Brings him extra food
(b) Helps him get his money
(c) Helps him get a girl
(d) Helps him learn his school work

5. Oliver Gant became an apprentice in what trade?
(a) Jeweler
(b) Watchmaker
(c) Stonecutter
(d) Brickmason

6. What job does Ben have?
(a) He works with his father
(b) He sells magazines
(c) A paper route
(d) He sells produce

7. How would you describe Eugene as a student?
(a) He is very slow but works hard to make good grades
(b) He works very hard and picks things up very fast
(c) He is slow and doesn't work very hard
(d) He picks things up quick but is not very dedicated

8. Who continues to emerge as a real inspiration to Eugene?
(a) Mrs. Leonard
(b) Steve
(c) Jennings Ward
(d) Eliza

9. Who is the previous employee?
(a) Jennings Ware
(b) Luke
(c) Ben
(d) Steve

10. Who is Guy Doak?
(a) Ben's boss
(b) A local store owner
(c) A paper boy
(d) Eugene's roommate

11. By the age of 15 what set of literary facts does Eugene know?
(a) All of Longfellow's poems
(b) The works of Charles Dickens
(c) Virtually every English poet
(d) Virtually every American novelist

12. What event causes Eliza to go to run a boarding house?
(a) The opening of the Empire State building
(b) 1904 World's Series
(c) The start of World War I
(d) 1904 World's Fair

13. What is the family's reaction when he returns?
(a) Eliza and the children are glad he's back
(b) Eliza is happy but the children are angry
(c) Eliza is angry but the children are happy
(d) Eliza and the children are upset that he is back

14. What happens to Eliza in 1900?
(a) She and Oliver's marriage collapses
(b) She gets pregnant again
(c) Her brother Will dies
(d) Steve, her oldest child, dies

15. How do Eugene's teachers treat him?
(a) They tease him and treat him with affection
(b) They do not like him at all
(c) They don't pay any attention to him
(d) They like him but are very afraid of him

Short Answer Questions

1. At this point in the book, where is Ben working?

2. What does Oliver blame for Steve's problems?

3. What happens in Part 2, Chapter 25?

4. Where is Guy Doak from?

5. Why does Ben want to go to Canada to join the war?

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