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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What course do 60 American enlisted men take in the story, For Esme - With Love and Squalor?
(a) Parachute jumper training.
(b) Weapons training.
(c) Pre-Invasion training.
(d) Post D-Day training.

2. What does Esme include with a letter in the package to the narrator?
(a) A map.
(b) A book of jokes from Charles.
(c) A story.
(d) Her father's watch.

3. Who throws the key chain into the lake?
(a) Lionel.
(b) Boo Boo.
(c) Sandra.
(d) No one.

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

5. Where does Arthur want to move?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New York City.
(d) Boston.

6. Who is Sandra?
(a) The sister.
(b) The maid.
(c) The mother.
(d) The neighbor.

7. What does Sandra worry about weighing around the boy?
(a) Her words.
(b) Her concern.
(c) The coffee.
(d) The beans.

8. How does the narrator in the story, For Esme - with Love and Squalor, receive the wedding invitation?
(a) By telegram.
(b) By e-mail.
(c) By phone.
(d) By air mail.

9. Why does Bobby move the family to Paris?
(a) To escape the Great Depression.
(b) To find a job.
(c) For his new job.
(d) To learn how to speak French.

10. How old is the narrator from the story, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period, when his parents divorce?
(a) Nine.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) Eight.

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

12. What artist does the narrator most resemble?
(a) El Grecco.
(b) Raphael.
(c) Da Vinci.
(d) Michelangelo.

13. How many keys are on the key chain that Boo Boo gives to Lionel?
(a) 100.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

14. Why does the narrator stop in front of the church during his walk on the last day of training?
(a) To attend a religious service.
(b) To read the bulletin board.
(c) To get out of the rain.
(d) To meet some friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bobby lose everything?

2. Who is claiming to be an admiral?

3. Why is Le Amis Des Vieux Maitres closed down?

4. Why does the narrator say he hates chairs?

5. What year does Bobby die?

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