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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John give up?
(a) His home.
(b) His search for the meaning of life.
(c) His search for a good job.
(d) His quest for love.

2. What does Kate wish to be in Chicago?
(a) A woman of lesser social status.
(b) A nobody in a city of anybodies.
(c) A free person.
(d) A new woman.

3. Where does Kate walk to catch her ride?
(a) Chartes.
(b) Poydras.
(c) President.
(d) St. Charles.

4. Why is Kate leaving John?
(a) To run an errand for him.
(b) To commit suicide.
(c) To sleep with another man.
(d) To go back to her mother.

5. How is this ironic?
(a) For so long, Kate said she wanted freedom.
(b) John wants nothing to do with Kate.
(c) John wishes to control no one.
(d) Kate longs to be controlled.

6. Why is it appropriate that John and Kate don't sit down to dinner?
(a) They are not true members of society.
(b) They want to break the rules.
(c) No one wants them to come to dinner.
(d) They are being ignored by everyone.

7. What is Kate unsure of?
(a) How they will work together.
(b) What other people will think.
(c) Whether John will change.
(d) Whether or not she will change.

8. Who is reluctant to talk about anything religious?
(a) Sharon.
(b) John's entire family.
(c) Kate.
(d) Sam.

9. Who does Aunt Emily call after Kate takes pills?
(a) John.
(b) Dr Minx.
(c) Sam.
(d) Uncle Jules.

10. What depresses Kate?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Rain.
(c) Small Talk.
(d) Sunshine.

11. How many men have proposed to Kate?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

12. Who does Sharon end up marrying?
(a) No one.
(b) A man she meets several years later.
(c) Her old boyfriend.
(d) Sam.

13. What does John seem to hate about New Orleans?
(a) The hot weather.
(b) Mardi Gras.
(c) Problems
(d) The society.

14. How does Aunt Emily feel about John at the end of the chapter?
(a) Enraged.
(b) Pleased.
(c) Excited.
(d) Strange.

15. What does John get a lot of money for?
(a) His car.
(b) A boat.
(c) His duck club land.
(d) His house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the reader speculate at the end of the novel?

2. What does John realize about his search for the meaning of his life?

3. What does Aunt Emily enjoy giving?

4. What nickname is John called by his friend?

5. Who does John flirt with?

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