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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John decide to undertake on his bus ride to Elysian Fields?
(a) Going for pasta for dinner.
(b) Getting a new girlfriend.
(c) The possibility of a search for meaning.
(d) Getting ice cream with his family.

2. What ails John?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) A woman who broke his heart.
(c) A queasy stomach.
(d) Depression.

3. What is John's nickname?
(a) Jacob.
(b) James.
(c) Johnnie.
(d) Jack.

4. What becomes clearer about John's relationship to his mother?
(a) He does not have a mother.
(b) They hate each other.
(c) He is a "mama's boy."
(d) It is easygoing, but she does not understand him.

5. What does John conceal from Sharon?
(a) That he is stalking her.
(b) The novel he is reading.
(c) That he has a girlfiend.
(d) That he loves her.

6. What ails John's brother, Lonnie?
(a) He is mean.
(b) He is very depressed.
(c) He is autistic.
(d) He is disabled.

7. Why does Aunt Emily keep such a close eye on John?
(a) She wants John to marry Kate.
(b) She wishes John were her son.
(c) She does not want him to become like his father.
(d) She wants John to be just like his father.

8. How is Emily related to John?
(a) She is John's sister.
(b) She is John's father's sister.
(c) She is not related to him.
(d) She is John's mother's sister.

9. What does Aunt Emily's letter ask of John?
(a) For him to live with dignity and justice.
(b) For him to marry Kate.
(c) For him to hurry home.
(d) For him to love her like a mother.

10. Why are Lonnie and John jealous of Duval?
(a) Their parents love Duval the most.
(b) He got to die.
(c) Duval is very hansome.
(d) He went on a nice vacation.

11. Who is John closest to in his family?
(a) His mother.
(b) His little sister.
(c) His stepfather.
(d) Lonnie.

12. What is Sharon quick to establish before they leave for the trip?
(a) She is ready to dabble with trouble.
(b) The Jack is her boss.
(c) That she wants to be romantic with John.
(d) She is a good girl that does not want to get in trouble.

13. What does John like to read at the library?
(a) The classics.
(b) Extreme political periodicals.
(c) Mysteries.
(d) Romance novels.

14. What indicates a close relationship between John and his aunt?
(a) The secrets she tells John
(b) Their daily text messages.
(c) Their letters and visits.
(d) Their daily phone calls.

15. Why does John lust after Sharon?
(a) He is a sex addict.
(b) She is very beautiful.
(c) She flirts with him all the time.
(d) Her normally lusts after women he hardly knows and cannot communicate with.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kate ask John to marry him?

2. When does Kate think people are "real" with one another?

3. Where does John talk Sharon into going?

4. Why does John frequently go to the movies?

5. To whom was Kate, Jack's cousin, once engaged?

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