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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who at the Tranquility house works with a collective that builds puppets for street theater?
(a) Stevie.
(b) Roger.
(c) Anna.
(d) Nixon.

2. What are Anka's parents' professions?
(a) English professor and painter.
(b) U.S. Navy Commander and U.S. Ambassador to France.
(c) Research biologist and American Red Cross executive.
(d) Investment banker and college professor.

3. The five tall pale men described walking from a burning Christmas tree in the beginning of the novel are said to be just south of what city in New York?
(a) Malvern.
(b) Yonkers.
(c) Albany.
(d) Nyack.

4. What is the slogan on the protest signs that Anka paints for the group at Nicotine house?
(a) BRING TTIP DOWN.
(b) SIT AGAINST TTIP.
(c) STAND AGAINST TTIP.
(d) TTIP BAD TRIP.

5. Who wrote The Gender of the Gift?
(a) Marilyn Strathern.
(b) James Laughton.
(c) Ryan O'Brian.
(d) Jennifer Wilson.

6. What numeral is Penny's nose said to look like in 2005?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

7. About how old is Tony said to be?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

8. Who is the 13-year-old girl that is described in the opening of the novel?
(a) Penny.
(b) Amalia.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Sorry.

9. Where is Penny's closer brother living in 2016?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Winchester.
(c) Fort Lee.
(d) Albany.

10. What does Norm say he has spent half his life studying to the nurse in the hospice care facility in 2016?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Shamanism.
(c) Political theory.
(d) Judaism.

11. With whom does Amalia appear to have an obsession in the novel?
(a) Jason.
(b) Rob.
(c) Matt.
(d) Norm.

12. Who is Matt's girlfriend in 2005?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Naomi.
(c) Sorry.
(d) Sarah.

13. What does Penny's father describe cutting in half with scissors as a metaphor for rape in 2005?
(a) An earthworm.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A baby mouse.
(d) A curtain.

14. Who is with Norm when he dies?
(a) Amalia.
(b) Matt.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Penny.

15. With whom does Penny have a naked struggle in 2005?
(a) Amalia.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Norm.
(d) Matt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brand of cigarettes does Sorry smoke?

2. Of what people does Amalia say she descended?

3. What is the house theme at the DJD house?

4. In what month does Penny first go to Jersey City to find her grandparents' house?

5. How much younger is Amalia than her eldest stepson?

(see the answer keys)

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