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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What members of the family does John seem to best communicate with?
(a) The people who seem interested in him.
(b) The outer member of the family.
(c) People who tell him what to do.
(d) The ones who encourage him.

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

3. What is the family eating on the trip?
(a) crabs.
(b) lobster.
(c) fish.
(d) cod.

4. Why is it interesting that Sharon and John keep the books they are reading a secret from one another?
(a) John really hates to read.
(b) Sharon really wants to read girlie magazines all day.
(c) John is afraid she will judge him.
(d) A lot of personal information can be learned about someone by what they read.

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

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

7. What time does John wake up?
(a) 3:00 a.m.
(b) 12:00 a.m.
(c) 12:00 p.m.
(d) 5:00 a.m.

8. What does Kate doubt?
(a) That John will find a woman to marry.
(b) That Mardi Gars will be fun.
(c) That her mother will leave her personal life alone.
(d) That she will marry Walter.

9. 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.

10. What does Kate think about his problems?
(a) John has no problems.
(b) That John might be overlooking the most obvious answer to his problems.
(c) She hates the way John complains.
(d) That they are not really problems.

11. How does Kate respond to John's question?
(a) She asks him another question.
(b) She avoids the question.
(c) She asks what she should do with her life.
(d) She says yes right away.

12. What important question does John ask Kate?
(a) To have an affair with him.
(b) He asks her to marry him.
(c) To go get some coffee.
(d) To marry Walter.

13. Why does Sharon hurry from the car?
(a) Her roommate is spying on her.
(b) She is playing hard to get.
(c) Because she needs to meet her boyfreind.
(d) She feels guilty about meeting John's family.

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

15. To whom was Kate, Jack's cousin, once engaged?
(a) Jimmy Mercer.
(b) Walter.
(c) Lyell Lovell.
(d) Grant Howard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the family go the following morning?

2. What does John understand about the plight of this group?

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

4. What usually doesn't last for John?

5. What happens on the car ride?

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