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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. How much does the job the narrator applied for under the name, Jean de Daumier-Smith, pay?
(a) $288 a week.
(b) $288 a month.
(c) $28 a day.
(d) $28 a week.

2. Who is Sandra?
(a) The mother.
(b) The maid.
(c) The sister.
(d) The neighbor.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Joanie throughout the story, Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes?

3. Why does the narrator write a letter to Mr. Yoshoto?

4. Who is Lissberg?

5. Why does Bobby move the family to Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the narrator after he leaves the training course?

2. Why does Lionel cry when he throws the key chain overboard?

3. Why is it ironic that the school closes down for not having a business license?

4. Why does Esme's long and complicated letter soothe the narrator more than one from his family?

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

6. What do the pickles, key chain and goggles tell us about Lionel?

7. Why does Arthur call Lee in the first place of Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes?

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

9. Why does the tea room likely suit the narrator as a place to spend his last few hours in the town rather than the Red Cross recreation room?

10. Why does Arthur want to move to Connecticut?

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