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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is very ill in the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos?
(a) Ginnie's mother.
(b) Selena's father.
(c) Ginnie's father.
(d) Selena's mother.

2. What does the Laughing Man subsist on?
(a) Pork and beans.
(b) Rice and eagles' blood.
(c) Steak and potatoes.
(d) Vegetables.

3. What does Selena's brother offer for Ginnie to eat?
(a) Tomato soup.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A chicken sandwich.
(d) A piece of cheese.

4. What is Muriel doing when Seymour returns from the beach?
(a) She is taking a shower.
(b) She is talking on the phone.
(c) She is painting her toe nails.
(d) She is sleeping.

5. Who does Muriel speak with at the hotel about Seymour?
(a) A famous athlete also staying at the hotel.
(b) A psychiatrist also staying at the hotel.
(c) A nice couple also staying at the hotel.
(d) A Navy man also staying at the hotel.

6. How long is Mary Jane married?
(a) She is never married.
(b) She is still married.
(c) Three years.
(d) Three months.

7. The poetry book that Seymour gives as a gift is written in what language?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

8. Why does Ramona sleep on the edge of the bed?
(a) She likes to be ready to get out of bed quickly.
(b) She can see out of the window better when she's close to the edge.
(c) She doesn't, she sleeps in the middle of the bed.
(d) She wants to give Jimmy Jimmereano room to sleep.

9. Who is going to fight the Eskimos?
(a) Old guys over the age of 60.
(b) All the women.
(c) Everyone.
(d) All the men.

10. Who is the only person that can truly make Eloise laugh?
(a) Walt.
(b) Lew.
(c) Mary Jane.
(d) Jimmy Jimmereano.

11. Who dies of cancer and weighs just 62 pounds in the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?
(a) Dr. Whiting.
(b) Mary Jane.
(c) Eloise.
(d) Mr. Weyinburg.

12. How many kids are in the Comanche Club?
(a) 39.
(b) 25.
(c) Nine.
(d) 29.

13. What is Ginnie's full name?
(a) Ginnie Maddox.
(b) Virginia Maddox.
(c) Ginnie Mannox.
(d) Virginia Mannox.

14. Who does Seymour call 'Miss Spiritual Tramp of 1948'?
(a) Muriel.
(b) Jane.
(c) Sybil.
(d) Muriel's mother.

15. What is one of the Chief's most coveted skills?
(a) First aid.
(b) Piano playing.
(c) Football.
(d) Driving.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many male characters appear on the scene in the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?

2. Who is Lew?

3. How long does Ginnie keep an Easter chick after it dies?

4. What does Eloise think all women tell their husbands?

5. Where is the Chief from?

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