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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Arthur think Joanie enjoys most about a new house?
(a) Decorating the new house.
(b) The quiet.
(c) The garden.
(d) Getting a dog.

2. How much does the job the narrator applied for under the name, Jean de Daumier-Smith, pay?
(a) $28 a day.
(b) $288 a month.
(c) $288 a week.
(d) $28 a week.

3. Who wins the race back to the house at the end of the story, Down at the Dinghy?
(a) Lionel's neighbor.
(b) Lionel.
(c) Boo Boo.
(d) Lionel's father.

4. Why is the narrator of De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period going to art school?
(a) To meet women.
(b) To help his commercial art career.
(c) To make Bobby happy.
(d) To fill the time during the day.

5. Who thinks all Americans despise tea?
(a) The talented girl from choir practice.
(b) The choir practice instructor.
(c) The waitress.
(d) The tea room owner.

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

7. What food item do they want to lure Lionel out of the boat with?
(a) Beans.
(b) Peanut butter.
(c) Crackers.
(d) Pickles.

8. What happens to Charles' father?
(a) He is killed in North Africa.
(b) He is killed on D-Day.
(c) He dies of heart failure.
(d) He is killed in a car accident.

9. Who is Miss Megley?
(a) The waitress.
(b) The governess.
(c) The talented young singer.
(d) The narrator's wife.

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

11. How does Bobby lose everything?
(a) He loses his job.
(b) He is robbed.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Wall Street crash of 1929.

12. Which famous French artist does the narrator claim to know personally?
(a) Cezanne.
(b) Monet.
(c) Manet.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

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

14. What job does the narrator accept under the name, Jean de Daumier-Smith?
(a) Art teacher.
(b) Art buyer.
(c) English teacher.
(d) Art critic.

15. Where does the narrator think Esme should wear her watch instead of her wrist?
(a) Around her leg.
(b) Around her neck.
(c) Around her waist.
(d) Around her head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arthur put up with for five years?

2. Why does Arthur call Lee at the beginning of the story, Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes?

3. Who throws the key chain into the lake?

4. Why does the narrator write a letter to Mr. Yoshoto?

5. Who is claiming to be an admiral?

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