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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jimmy Jimmereano?
(a) Ramon's brother.
(b) Mary Jane's co-worker.
(c) Ramona's imaginary friend.
(d) Mary Jane's sister.

2. How old is Lionel when he first disappears?
(a) Three and a half.
(b) Two and a half.
(c) Two.
(d) One and a half.

3. What does Esme want to read about most?
(a) Riddles.
(b) Squalor.
(c) Her father.
(d) Love.

4. Why does it take Esme so long to write her first letter to the narrator?
(a) She moves.
(b) Her brother is ill.
(c) She loses the narrator's address.
(d) Her aunt is ill.

5. Who is Sybil Carpenter?
(a) A 55-year-old woman on vacation with her son.
(b) A friend of Muriel's family.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A five-year-old girl staying at the hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Mary Jane married?

2. Where does the main character of the story, The Laughing Man, get lost?

3. Who graduates from college first, Mary Jane or Eloise?

4. Where does the narrator accept a job in De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period?

5. Who is the only person that can truly make Eloise laugh?

(see the answer key)

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