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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many keys are on the key chain that Boo Boo gives to Lionel?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 100.
(d) 10.

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

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

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

5. Where does Lee think the Ellenbogens go after the party?
(a) Home.
(b) The Village.
(c) Up the coast.
(d) To the train station.

6. How many total teeth are pulled from the narrator's mouth throughout the story, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Arthur say his marriage isn't working?

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

3. What job does the narrator accept under the name, Jean de Daumier-Smith?

4. When does Arthur start thinking about leaving his wife?

5. How old is the boy in the story, Down at the Dinghy?

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