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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, whom does Dixon wish will join his class?
(a) The smartest students.
(b) Students who skip class.
(c) Mr. Michie.
(d) The pretty girls.

2. Whom is Carol Goldsmith married to?
(a) A lecturer.
(b) A tenure-track professor.
(c) A dean.
(d) A financial aid officer.

3. What is Dixon's first impression of Bertrand?
(a) He is well educated.
(b) He is bored with life.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is conceited.

4. In Chapter 12, what is the first thing Carol asks Dixon?
(a) How to make more money.
(b) How to get a job at the university.
(c) What he knows about Christine.
(d) What do to about Bertrand.

5. Where does Dixon live?
(a) Campus apartments.
(b) A dorm.
(c) A cottage.
(d) A boarding house.

6. What does Welch ask Dixon to do at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Stay the night at his house.
(b) Give a lecture.
(c) Talk to Margaret.
(d) Write another article.

7. Who offers to help Dixon hide the burn hole on the rug?
(a) Christine.
(b) Bertrand.
(c) Carol.
(d) Welch.

8. What does Dixon do at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Ask Christine to the dance.
(b) Write a letter to his publisher.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Call Bertrand.

9. In Chapter 9, what does Michie say about the girls' opinion of Dixon's syllabus?
(a) They think it's too heavy.
(b) They think it is too confusing.
(c) They like it.
(d) They think it's too light.

10. Why did Margaret try to commit suicide?
(a) No one knows.
(b) She lost her job.
(c) A failed romance.
(d) It was an accident.

11. In Chapter 12, what does Christine say about Bertrand's motives that evening?
(a) He wants to talk to Gore-Urquhart.
(b) She doesn't know why he is there.
(c) He wants to have Christine all to himself.
(d) He wants to look at other women.

12. At the end of Chapter 12, how long does Dixon tell Christine to wait before going outside?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 25 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

13. How does Christine describe Dixon's trick of pretending to be a reporter?
(a) Funny.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Appalling.

14. What does Dixon do when he learns his article will be published in Chapter 3?
(a) Jumps.
(b) Sings.
(c) Draws.
(d) Calls his friends.

15. Who is the last person Dixon calls in Chapter 9?
(a) Bertrand.
(b) Mrs. Welch.
(c) Christine.
(d) Johns.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, why does Dixon want to rush to the bus?

2. How does Margaret react to the burn holes Dixon left in his room?

3. How does Chapter 11 begin?

4. What happens after Dixon and Christine talk about the "Evening Post" trick Dixon pulled?

5. In Chapter 9, why does Dixon pretend not to know if Bertrand is attending the dance?

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