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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 year does Bobby die?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1947.

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

3. Where does the narrator see the talented young singer, giving him a chance to speak with her?
(a) The training facility.
(b) The organ concert.
(c) The tea room.
(d) Church.

4. 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.

5. Where are Mrs. Snell's matches from?
(a) The Stork Club.
(b) The Beak Club.
(c) The Front Room.
(d) The Beach Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator think Esme should wear her watch instead of her wrist?

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

3. What is the narrator's first assignment from Mr. Yoshoto?

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

5. What does Lionel promise his mother recently?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator and Bobby move back to New York nine years later?

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

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

5. Why is the narrator so taken by Esme?

6. 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?

7. What does Arthur do for a living? How does the reader know?

8. Why does Arthur think his marriage isn't working?

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

10. Why does Lionel run away so often?

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