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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many male characters appear on the scene in the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?
(a) Five.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

3. Who is Franklin?
(a) Selena's brother.
(b) Ginnie's father.
(c) Selena's father.
(d) Ginnie's brother.

4. Who is Joan?
(a) Selena's sister.
(b) Franklin's girlfiend.
(c) Eric's girlfriend.
(d) Ginnie's sister.

5. Eloise thinks that if you are going to be a nun, you should at least______?
(a) Write.
(b) Sing.
(c) Cry.
(d) Laugh.

6. What does Sybil complain to Seymour about when meeting him on the beach?
(a) Seymour lets another girl sit next to him on the piano bench.
(b) Seymour refuses to teach Sybil how to play the piano.
(c) Seymour lets his wife sit next to him on the piano bench.
(d) Seymour doesn't play the piano the night before.

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 pushing Seymour to get out of the elevator.
(c) She is looking at his feet.
(d) She is talking loudly.

8. Why is Mary Jane's husband sent to jail?
(a) He leaves the army without permission.
(b) He stabs an M.P..
(c) He steals money.
(d) He steals a car.

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

10. What size shoe does Ginnie wear?
(a) 8B.
(b) 9B.
(c) 8W.
(d) 9A.

11. Who is accused of being the Queen of the Snobs in the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos?
(a) Selena.
(b) Selena's sister.
(c) Ginnie's sister.
(d) Ginnie.

12. How many Saturday mornings does Ginnie play tennis?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) This is the first.
(d) 15.

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

14. Why does Ginnie need money before Monday?
(a) She is going to the movies.
(b) She is going to buy a new rackett.
(c) She is going to pay back her father.
(d) She is going to buy tennis balls.

15. Who is Eric?
(a) Ginnie's brother.
(b) Ginnie's father.
(c) Selena's brother.
(d) Franklin's friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ginnie believe she is unfairly paying for?

2. Who cuts their finger in the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos?

3. What does Selena's brother offer for Ginnie to eat?

4. Who is Seymour Glass?

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

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