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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does John run into after lunch (at the library)?
(a) His Aunt Emily.
(b) His cousin's wife, Nell Lovell.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother, Lonnie.

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

3. When John sees his family is already at the camp, how does he feel?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Mad.

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

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

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

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

8. What is Kate fighting against?
(a) Becoming a stereotypical woman of society.
(b) People who do not accept society.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Being old and alone.

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

10. What concerns John on the drive?
(a) They will have nothing to talk about.
(b) He will like her too much.
(c) That malaise will overtake them.
(d) She will not like him.

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

12. John attributes _ and _ with being a moviegoer.
(a) exile & injustice
(b) malice & loneliness
(c) spirit & drive
(d) exile & loneliness

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

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

15. Who is John obsessed with at the beginning of Chapter2?
(a) His secretary, Kate
(b) His mother.
(c) His pet, Snuffles.
(d) His Aunt Emily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharon think of John's attentions?

2. What is John longing to find?

3. What does John declare to Sharon?

4. What does John think about movies?

5. What does John think about his mother's family?

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