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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Muriel's telephone caller ask so many questions about Seymour's behavior?
(a) Seymour is physically sick.
(b) Seymour is acting "oddly" lately.
(c) Seymour is practicing a funny piano routine.
(d) Seymour likes to get in trouble with the law.

2. How many New York advertising men are staying at the same hotel as Muriel Glass?
(a) 107.
(b) 97.
(c) 77.
(d) 57.

3. What needs $400 to be repaired?
(a) The house.
(b) The apartment.
(c) The car.
(d) The backyard.

4. How does Ginnie describe Selena's living room?
(a) Expensive and classy.
(b) Cheap and cheesy.
(c) Cheap but classy.
(d) Expensive and cheesy.

5. Who is crying because she wants to be told she is a nice girl in the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?
(a) Mary Jane.
(b) Eloise.
(c) Grace.
(d) Ramona.

6. Ginnie dreams that a servant gives _____ out instead of tomato juice at dinner.
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tennis rackets.
(c) Tennis balls.
(d) Chicken sandwiches.

7. Why does Seymour get angry with the woman in the elevator as he goes back to his room after the beach?
(a) She is taking up too much room.
(b) She is talking loudly.
(c) She is pushing Seymour to get out of the elevator.
(d) She is looking at his feet.

8. What does Seymour do when he sits down on the bed after grabbing the object out of the suitcase?
(a) He shoots Muriel through the right temple.
(b) He shoots into the air to wake Muriel.
(c) He shoots himself in the leg.
(d) He shoots himself through the right temple.

9. Who thinks Seymour is "manic?"
(a) Muriel.
(b) Muriel's father.
(c) The psychiatrist.
(d) Muriel's mother.

10. Who does The Laughing Man speak to in the forest?
(a) His neighbors.
(b) His best friend.
(c) The trees.
(d) All of the animals.

11. What room number is Muriel Glass staying in at the hotel?
(a) 107.
(b) 507.
(c) 47.
(d) 97.

12. Who is Seymour Glass?
(a) Muriel's uncle.
(b) Muriel's father.
(c) Muriel's brother.
(d) Muriel's husband.

13. Who is John Gedsudski?
(a) The main character.
(b) A student.
(c) A parent.
(d) The chief.

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

15. What does Ginnie believe she is unfairly paying for?
(a) Court fees.
(b) Cab fare.
(c) Tennis balls.
(d) Lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poetry book that Seymour gives as a gift is written in what language?

2. How does Eloise and Mary Jane become friends?

3. Eloise thinks that if you are going to be a nun, you should at least______?

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

5. What branch of the armed forces is Seymour in?

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