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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Stan in "Rollercoaster"?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Forty.
(c) A high school kid.
(d) Thirty.

2. After a night of dancing in Chapter 14, how does Anna accidentally wake her aunt up?
(a) She trips on a rug and falls to the floor.
(b) She starts humming too loudly.
(c) She giggles loudly when her boyfriend kisses her goodnight.
(d) She bumps into the kitchen table.

3. To where does Rosie want to make a getaway?
(a) Trinidad and Tobago.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Paris or Havana.
(d) The Virgin Islands.

4. What is Stan doing in a mirror in Chapter 12?
(a) Sticking his tongue out.
(b) Eating.
(c) Singing.
(d) Shaving.

5. How does Jimmy see Ellen at the restaurant in Gare de Lyon?
(a) As a warm rose with thorns.
(b) As a porcelain figure under bellglass.
(c) As a typical mother.
(d) As a towering skyscraper.

6. What song is playing on the grind organ as Pearline passes?
(a) Petite Waltz.
(b) Oh, Tannenbaum.
(c) Merry Widow Waltz.
(d) Dog Day Afternoon.

7. In the Chinese restaurant, what song is the jazz band playing when Dutch and Francie are dancing?
(a) Take the A Train.
(b) In the Mood.
(c) Hindustan.
(d) Caravan.

8. What does Harland say of the photographs in the paper?
(a) They are badly taken.
(b) They are tasteless.
(c) They are risque.
(d) They are interesting.

9. Where does Jimmy take Harland to lunch?
(a) A bistro.
(b) A Chinese restaurant.
(c) A Mexican resaurant.
(d) A Syrian restaurant.

10. Where does Jimmy want to go when he sees the French boat in the harbor?
(a) Home.
(b) To Mexico.
(c) To the Caribbean.
(d) To the war.

11. Anna's mother scolds her in what language besides English?
(a) Yiddish.
(b) French.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Welsh.

12. What does Ellen say a woman wants when George says he will go mad if he can't have her?
(a) Security.
(b) Appreciation.
(c) True love.
(d) Freedom.

13. What does Anna say about children in Chapter 17?
(a) She wants to adopt.
(b) She wants a child badly.
(c) She finds babysitting makes her want them more.
(d) She is never going to have any.

14. Where does Mr. Cunningham get his divorce from Mrs. Cunningham?
(a) Newfoundland.
(b) Texas.
(c) Vegas.
(d) Yucatan.

15. Where does Jimmy go while Ellie is having her baby?
(a) The Flea Circus.
(b) Out to eat.
(c) To get a drink.
(d) To a burlesque show.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Stan refer when he is trying to light himself on fire?

2. What does George Baldwin think of Washington?

3. Where does Congo learn to speak American and tend bar?

4. What does Stan wish he was?

5. What does Jimmy Herf offer his cousin, Joe Harland, in Chapter 11?

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