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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's most traumatic move in the story, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period?
(a) From New York to Paris.
(b) From New Jersey to Rome.
(c) Back to New York from Paris.
(d) Back to Paris from New Jersey.

3. What interesting item does Mrs. Snell always wear, even in summer?
(a) A black felt hat.
(b) A long sweater.
(c) A black scarf.
(d) A black felt coat.

4. What does the narrator's mother-in-law want him to send her?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Tea.
(c) Olives.
(d) Cashmere yarn.

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

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

7. What is the farthest distance Lionel ever runs away to?
(a) A couple of blocks.
(b) The front door.
(c) 250 yards.
(d) A couple of miles.

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

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

10. Who is Boo Boo Tannenbaum?
(a) The father.
(b) The lady of the house.
(c) The shut-in living next door.
(d) The son.

11. What are the flashes of light the narrator ignores on his walk on the last day of training?
(a) Camera bulb flashes.
(b) Power outages.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Lightening.

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

13. Why does Arthur say his marriage isn't working?
(a) They are too far apart in age.
(b) They don't have anything in common.
(c) They don't have any fun together.
(d) They are mis-mated.

14. Who is Lissberg?
(a) Lee's boss.
(b) The attorney for the plantiff in Arthur's case.
(c) Joanie's lover.
(d) Arthur's client.

15. Whose work does the narrator still recall clearly after many years?
(a) Mr. Yoshoto.
(b) R. Howard Ridgefield.
(c) Sister Irma.
(d) Bambi Kramer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Joanie throughout the story, Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes?

2. What does the narrator order with his tea when he sits down in the tea room to read old letters?

3. How many total teeth are pulled from the narrator's mouth throughout the story, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period?

4. Who thinks all Americans despise tea?

5. What is one of Joanie's best traits?

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