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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. What course do 60 American enlisted men take in the story, For Esme - With Love and Squalor?
(a) Parachute jumper training.
(b) Pre-Invasion training.
(c) Weapons training.
(d) Post D-Day training.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is claiming to be an admiral?

2. What food item do they want to lure Lionel out of the boat with?

3. Arthur says the only people he knows in New York are Lee and a bunch of ________?

4. What does Arthur think he finds in the closets when he gets home every night?

5. What does Esme include with a letter in the package to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bobby move the family to Paris in 1929?

2. How does the story, Down at the Dinghy, end?

3. How does Boo Boo handle Lionel's habit of running away?

4. Why is Sandra so worried about Lionel when he runs away in Down at the Dinghy?

5. Describe the narrator in For Esme -- with Love and Squalor.

6. Who does Lee think Joanie goes with after the party?

7. Why does the narrator like the bulletin board outside the church so much in For Esme -- with Love and Squalor?

8. Why does Arthur call Lee back and pretend Joanie is finally home?

9. Why does the narrator lie in his lengthy application letter to the art school in Montreal?

10. Why is the narrator so taken by Esme?

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