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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sister Mary uses her clarinet to:
(a) Remember her life before the convent.
(b) Drown her sorrows.
(c) Awaken the other nuns.
(d) Escape sleeplessness.

2. The event that ends Lulu and Nector's affair is:
(a) Nector signs Lulu's eviction papers.
(b) Nector won't leave his wife.
(c) Nector is attacked by Lulu's dogs.
(d) Nector burns down Lulu's house.

3. How does Lyman describe the image of himself and Henry in their last photo?
(a) Both boys sitting on the bank of the river.
(b) He and Henry smiling in the sun.
(c) Henry's face haunting him from inside the closet door.
(d) His own face out in the sun and Henry's pulled back in the shadows.

4. Gerry's most unusual feature is:
(a) His sobriety.
(b) His long hair.
(c) His large frame.
(d) His delicate and graceful movements.

5. Marie's statement that Nector "has to have his candy" refers to:
(a) His refusal to accept that he has diabetes.
(b) His belief that candy allows him to have his second childhood.
(c) His refusal to allow Marie to control him.
(d) His affair with Lulu and his literal love of candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Albertine suggests that for Gerry "it was perhaps the very first time in his life he had something to run for," the 'something' she refers to is:

2. Gerry accepts:

3. The trait that will keep Lipsha out of the army is:

4. When Albertine says she "would never know how heavy a ton was unless it fell on [her]" she suggests:

5. Lipsha wins the hand of poker because:

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