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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Muriel's telephone caller ask so many questions about Seymour's behavior?
(a) Seymour is acting "oddly" lately.
(b) Seymour is practicing a funny piano routine.
(c) Seymour likes to get in trouble with the law.
(d) Seymour is physically sick.

2. What do the kidnappers demand The Laughing Man wear?
(a) A blindfold.
(b) A mask.
(c) Handcuffs.
(d) A hat.

3. Why is Mr. Weyinburg at home from work?
(a) His car is in a snow bank.
(b) He broke a leg.
(c) He has a cold.
(d) He has a hernia.

4. Why does Ginnie like playing tennis with Selena?
(a) Selena is not a good tennis player.
(b) Selena always brings fresh tennis balls.
(c) Selena is a good tennis player.
(d) Selena always pays for the ride to the court.

5. Who talks to Dr. Sivetski about Seymour's condition?
(a) Muriel.
(b) Seymour.
(c) Muriel's father.
(d) Muriel's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Walt die?

2. How many kids are in the Comanche Club?

3. Why is Mary Jane's husband sent to jail?

4. Who is Eric?

5. What do the boys do on sunny days?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can the reader like about a character like Muriel?

2. What leads the reader to believe that tension is building throughout the story?

3. Why does Muriel insist that Seymour isn't capable of harmful actions?

4. What makes the reader think that perhaps Eric is not allowed into the military because he is homosexual?

5. Why does Eloise so fondly remember Walt?

6. Why does Ginnie think Selena's brother looks goofy?

7. Why is Mary Jane part of the story, Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut?

8. Who speaks the most during the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos, and from who's point of view is the story told?

9. Who is the Chief?

10. Why aren't there any men 'seen' in the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?

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