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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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 everyone learns French.
(c) That he is alone in the city.
(d) That he finds a job.

6. Who throws the key chain into the lake?
(a) Sandra.
(b) No one.
(c) Boo Boo.
(d) Lionel.

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

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

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

10. How old is Lionel when he first disappears?
(a) Three and a half.
(b) Two.
(c) Two and a half.
(d) One and a half.

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

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

13. Why does Arthur call Lee at the beginning of the story, Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes?
(a) He is asking about work.
(b) He wants to come over.
(c) He is looking for Joanie.
(d) He can't sleep.

14. What artist does the narrator most resemble?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) El Grecco.
(c) Raphael.
(d) Da Vinci.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What course do 60 American enlisted men take in the story, For Esme - With Love and Squalor?

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

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

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

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