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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Arthur put up with for five years?
(a) Joanie's excessive drinking.
(b) Joanie's bad cooking.
(c) Joanie's excessive gambling.
(d) Joanie running around with other men.

3. How old is the boy in the story, Down at the Dinghy?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. Who do the goggles that are thrown overboard once belong to?
(a) Lionel.
(b) Uncle Webb and Uncle Seymour.
(c) Boo Boo.
(d) Lionel's father.

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

6. What song is Boo Boo singing on the way to the Dinghy?
(a) Blue Moon of Kentucky.
(b) Kentucky Babe.
(c) Big River.
(d) Georgia.

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

8. Who is claiming to be an admiral?
(a) Boo Boo.
(b) Sandra.
(c) Lionel.
(d) Mrs. Snell.

9. What does Lionel promise his mother recently?
(a) To learn how to sail.
(b) Not to run away anymore.
(c) To eat more vegetables.
(d) To listen to Sandra.

10. What feature does the narrator first notice about Charles?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His intelligence.
(c) His hair.
(d) His voice.

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

12. How do you describe Lee, from the story, Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes?
(a) A young man.
(b) A young woman.
(c) A gray-haired man.
(d) A gray-haired woman.

13. Where does the narrator accept a job in De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Canada.

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 meet some friends.
(c) To read the bulletin board.
(d) To get out of the rain.

15. Why is Le Amis Des Vieux Maitres closed down?
(a) It doesn't have any students.
(b) It doesn't have any instructors.
(c) It doesn't have a license.
(d) It is out of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lee say is Arthur's worst enemy?

2. Why does Bobby move the family to Paris?

3. What artist does the narrator most resemble?

4. Where does the narrator think Esme should wear her watch instead of her wrist?

5. What does Arthur think Joanie enjoys most about a new house?

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