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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why isn't John passionate about the fact that someone saved his life?
(a) He wishes that he could have saved himself.
(b) He wanted to die.
(c) Because he cannot determine what to live for.
(d) He is not passionate about anything.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What community of people does John relate to?

3. Who does John run into after lunch (at the library)?

4. Why does John frequently go to the movies?

5. What is the family eating on the trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John begin to plan on his way back to the office?

2. Where does John ask Sharon to go with him?

3. What is very apparent about John and Aunt Emily's relationship?

4. Who does John remind his mother of?

5. What does Sharon try to establish about the trip?

6. Where does John invite Kate to go with him? What is her response?

7. Does Kate understand John's quest?

8. What important question does John ask Kate in this chapter?

9. What occurs on the ride to the Gulf Coast?

10. Who is John excited to see and why?

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