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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. Which famous French artist does the narrator claim to know personally?
(a) Monet.
(b) Cezanne.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Manet.

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

3. Why does Bobby move the family to Paris?
(a) To find a job.
(b) To escape the Great Depression.
(c) To learn how to speak French.
(d) For his new job.

4. In De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period, what is the narrator's most unrealistic wish for New York?
(a) That everyone learns French.
(b) That he is alone in the city.
(c) That he and Bobby find a house.
(d) That he finds a job.

5. What month is it when Lionel disappears in the story, Down at the Dinghy?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) October.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What song is Boo Boo singing on the way to the Dinghy?

3. How do you describe Lee, from the story, Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes?

4. How many keys are on the key chain that Boo Boo gives to Lionel?

5. Why does the narrator say he hates chairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Arthur want to move to Connecticut?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. Why is the narrator so taken with Sister Irma?

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

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