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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who directs the training course taken by the narrator and the 60 Americans?
(a) British Intelligence.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(d) The FBI.

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

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

4. In De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period, what is the narrator's most unrealistic wish for New York?
(a) That he and Bobby find a house.
(b) That he finds a job.
(c) That he is alone in the city.
(d) That everyone learns French.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. When does Arthur start thinking about leaving his wife?
(a) Never.
(b) Last year.
(c) Five years ago.
(d) Last summer.

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

13. What is Esme training herself to be?
(a) A better dancer.
(b) A better reader.
(c) A better singer.
(d) More compassionate.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the goggles that are thrown overboard once belong to?

2. What does Sandra worry about weighing around the boy?

3. How many keys are on the key chain that Boo Boo gives to Lionel?

4. Who thinks all Americans despise tea?

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

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