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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When John sees Sharon at the office, what does he realize?
(a) He still loves Sharon.
(b) He wants to quit his job.
(c) He misses Kate.
(d) He realizes he is no longer in love with Sharon.

3. What does Kate thinks about her therapist?
(a) She is attracted to her.
(b) She does not believe he is truly helping her.
(c) She is telling Kate's secrets to others.
(d) She is very smart.

4. What usually doesn't last for John?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Good opportunities
(c) Dinners.
(d) Relationships.

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

6. Who does John find at his house at 3:00 a.m.?
(a) Sam.
(b) Aunt Emily.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Kate.

7. What does John think about his mother's family?
(a) He believes they are too religious.
(b) He cares for them deeply.
(c) He no longer sees any of them.
(d) He wishes he coul see them more.

8. Where does John suggest they go after swimming?
(a) Out to dinner.
(b) To a movie.
(c) Back home to New Orleans.
(d) They go to his mother's fishing camp.

9. What kind of relationship do John and Kate seem to have?
(a) She secretely loves him.
(b) A complicated, but open relationship.
(c) They hardly speak.
(d) John loathes Kate.

10. Where does John live?
(a) East New Orleans.
(b) Gentiliy.
(c) Gretna.
(d) Lake Pontchartrain.

11. What is clear about Sharon?
(a) She will not be like other girls from John's past.
(b) She wants to marry a rich New Orleans man.
(c) She is after John.
(d) She is very smart.

12. How did Lyell die?
(a) In a trolley accident.
(b) He was mugged.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) In a fire.

13. Why does John like Mrs. Schexnaydre?
(a) She gives him food.
(b) She expects nothing from John.
(c) She hits on him a lot.
(d) She flirts with John.

14. Where does Walter offer to take Kate?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To a show at the theater.
(c) To a Mardi Gras ball.
(d) Out to dinner.

15. What is John's uncle's name?
(a) Uncle James.
(b) Uncle Jimmy.
(c) Uncle Jacob.
(d) Uncle Jules.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John like to read these sorts of books?

2. Why type of psychological problem does Kate have?

3. Why does John go into the office early at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. About whom is John's aunt concerned?

5. Why is the meeting going to be serious?

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