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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 feature does the narrator first notice about Charles?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His hair.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His voice.

2. How old is the narrator from the story, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period, when his parents divorce?
(a) 18.
(b) Nine.
(c) 12.
(d) Eight.

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

4. Where do Arthur and Lee live?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New York City.
(d) Boston.

5. What are the flashes of light the narrator ignores on his walk on the last day of training?
(a) Power outages.
(b) Bombs.
(c) Camera bulb flashes.
(d) Lightening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Ellenborgens live?

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

3. How many total teeth are pulled from the narrator's mouth throughout the story, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period?

4. Why doesn't Arthur leave his wife?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is the narrator so taken by Esme?

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

7. Why does Sister Irma withdraw from classes at the art school?

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

9. Why does Lionel run away so often?

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

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