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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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) From New York to Paris.
(c) From New Jersey to Rome.
(d) Back to Paris from New Jersey.

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

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

8. What does Arthur think he finds in the closets when he gets home every night?
(a) The neighbors.
(b) Other men.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) A dog.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Why does Arthur want to move?
(a) To spend more time relaxing.
(b) To buy a bigger house.
(c) To cut Joanie's social life off.
(d) To get a better job.

15. Where do Arthur and Lee live?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New York City.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator stop in front of the church during his walk on the last day of training?

2. Who thinks all Americans despise tea?

3. Who is claiming to be an admiral?

4. What does Arthur put up with for five years?

5. What does Esme want to read about most?

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