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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 is the narrator of De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period going to art school?
(a) To make Bobby happy.
(b) To fill the time during the day.
(c) To meet women.
(d) To help his commercial art career.

2. What does Esme want to read about most?
(a) Riddles.
(b) Squalor.
(c) Love.
(d) Her father.

3. What is Esme training herself to be?
(a) A better singer.
(b) More compassionate.
(c) A better reader.
(d) A better dancer.

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

5. Why does Arthur say his marriage isn't working?
(a) They don't have any fun together.
(b) They are too far apart in age.
(c) They don't have anything in common.
(d) They are mis-mated.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who throws the key chain into the lake?

3. What does the narrator's mother-in-law want him to send her?

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

5. Where does Lee think the Ellenbogens go after the party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Lionel run away so often?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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