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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year is the last time the author heard from Peg?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1994.

2. What does the forklift operator have a collection of in his house?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Ceramic gnomes.
(c) Artificial penises.
(d) Glass goblins.

3. Where is Lisa's camp friend from?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Chicago, IL.
(c) St. Louis, MO.
(d) Queens, NY.

4. What does Gretchen do while asking her brother about having children?
(a) Drops acid.
(b) Smokes a cigarette.
(c) Drinks a martini.
(d) Smokes marijuana.

5. Where does the author get an after-school job as a teenager?
(a) A malt shop.
(b) A candy store.
(c) A cafeteria.
(d) A newsstand.

6. Where in Oregon is the author going in "C.O.G."?
(a) Portland.
(b) Shreveport.
(c) Odell.
(d) Jackson.

7. What is the name of the man whom the author and Veronica worked for picking apples?
(a) Williams.
(b) Cowboy.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Hobbs.

8. What is packed in the money the author finds in "Something for Everyone"?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Tobacco.

9. Who does the author hitchhike cross-country with, who was creating his own college major in Beat literature?
(a) Cicily Jonson.
(b) Randolph Feathers.
(c) Mary Catherine.
(d) Jackson Andrews.

10. Where does the author end up riding much of the way on his bus trip to Oregon?
(a) On the floor.
(b) In a seat alone.
(c) By the bus driver.
(d) By a crying baby.

11. How long does the author write that the bus from North Carolina to Oregon takes?
(a) One week.
(b) Four days.
(c) Six days.
(d) Three days.

12. What inspiring visitor comes to the author's school when he is in ninth grade?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An astronaut.
(c) A mime.
(d) A politician.

13. What is the name of the girl that Lisa befriends at camp?
(a) Hester.
(b) Hilda.
(c) Gretchen.
(d) Stefani.

14. Near what sea is the summer camp located which the author goes to?
(a) The Red Sea.
(b) The Asiatic Sea.
(c) The Ionian Sea.
(d) The Balkan Sea.

15. What is the name of the boy David sits next to on the plane to camp?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Jack.
(c) Billie.
(d) Seamen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man whom Lisa marries?

2. What does David make his siblings sign a clause stating?

3. What does the author's mother announce that she has two weeks before Lisa's wedding?

4. Who is the only person who responds to the author's lengthy letters while at the apple orchard?

5. What do Lisa and her husband share a deep commitment to?

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