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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does John frequently go to the movies?
(a) He very much enoys the movies.
(b) His girlfriend loves movies.
(c) He goes to escape life.
(d) John directs movies and needs creativity.

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

6. Why is the meeting going to be serious?
(a) John usually meets with this person on Sundays.
(b) John usually meets with this person on Fridays.
(c) John usually meets with this person on Tuesdays.
(d) John usually meets with this person on Wednesdays.

7. What does Sharon think of John's attentions?
(a) She does not take him seriously.
(b) She should not reciprocate.
(c) She loves John.
(d) She does not want them.

8. Where does John talk Sharon into going?
(a) To Arizona.
(b) To the Gulf Coast.
(c) To Florida.
(d) Out of the country.

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

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

11. About whom is John's aunt concerned?
(a) Mercer
(b) Kate
(c) Walter
(d) Ed

12. In Chapter 1, what is revealed as a central theme of the book?
(a) Difficult Relationships.
(b) The city of New Orleans.
(c) Movies.
(d) Love.

13. Why does Kate ask John to marry him?
(a) He is very much in love with Kate.
(b) John is attracted to Kate.
(c) John wants to save Kate.
(d) He figures that Kate will not hurt them.

14. What body part is in pain after the accident?
(a) His shoulder.
(b) His hand.
(c) His thigh.
(d) His knee.

15. When does Kate think people are "real" with one another?
(a) When they are the nicest.
(b) During illness, disaster, or death.
(c) During times of depression.
(d) When they are the most successful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does John find at his house at 3:00 a.m.?

2. What is John's mother unhappy about?

3. What does the reader start to understand about John?

4. What community of people does John relate to?

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

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