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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lydia ask Ben to do in Chapter 9?
(a) Move out of the apartment.
(b) Move into her apartment with her.
(c) Loan her money.
(d) Go visit their father.

2. Who was one of Ben's father's girlfriends who he remembers?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Carlotta.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Henrietta.

3. In Chapter 18, what does Ben nearly hit in the road driving home from work?
(a) A dog.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) A cat.
(d) A coyote.

4. In Chapter 25, what does Ben do when his mother takes her to her new house for the first time?
(a) He goes inside and breaks things.
(b) He goes inside and walks immediately out again.
(c) He gets there but can not bring himself to go in.
(d) He throws up outside.

5. Why does Ximena tell Ben she did not stop the fight between the two boys at daycare?
(a) She said she was waiting for Ben to do it.
(b) She said they had to learn the lesson that sometimes you just lose.
(c) She said she was waiting for Barry to do it.
(d) She said the parents would have to deal with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of video game does Mike play in Chapter 26?

2. What does Mitsuko say about her and Ben's journey together in Chapter 31?

3. Where is Ximena's husband from?

4. What job did Ben's father used to have?

5. What food does Mitsuko ask Ben about in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which child is Ben closest to at the daycare, and what kinds of problems does this child have?

2. When does Mike tell Ben he will come back to America in Chapter 22?

3. What do Ben and Mitsuko start doing together in the apartment in Part I?

4. What does Lydia, Ben's sister, think of Mike?

5. Where do Mitsuko and Ben go together in Chapter 31?

6. What is one of Ben's father's most serious problems?

7. What embarrasses Ben about his father when they go out to dinner together in Chapter 19?

8. How do Ben's family take the realization that he is gay?

9. Why does Ben get so angry at the man directing traffic at the airport in Chapter 1?

10. In Chapter 21, what does Mike tell Ben he is trying to figure out?

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