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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lee say is Arthur's worst enemy?
(a) Junior.
(b) Lee.
(c) Joanie.
(d) Arthur.

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

3. What catches the narrator's attention, urging him to go inside the church?
(a) A religious service.
(b) An organ concert.
(c) Children's choir practice.
(d) A bible reading.

4. What month is it when Lionel disappears in the story, Down at the Dinghy?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) July.
(d) August.

5. Why doesn't Arthur leave his wife?
(a) He feels sorry for her.
(b) She starts treating him better.
(c) He loves her too much.
(d) She makes him laugh too much.

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

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

8. Arthur says the only people he knows in New York are Lee and a bunch of ________?
(a) Drug addicts.
(b) Alcoholics.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Neurotics.

9. What is the narrator's first assignment from Mr. Yoshoto?
(a) Translating letters.
(b) Instructing students.
(c) Sweeping the floor.
(d) Painting.

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

11. 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.

12. What is one of Joanie's best traits?
(a) Picking out suits.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Writing.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's most traumatic move in the story, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period?

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

3. How much does the job the narrator applied for under the name, Jean de Daumier-Smith, pay?

4. Where does the narrator see the talented young singer, giving him a chance to speak with her?

5. What does Esme want to read about most?

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