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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. Where does the narrator accept a job in De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period?
(a) Paris.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) New York.
(d) Canada.

2. What artist does the narrator most resemble?
(a) Da Vinci.
(b) Raphael.
(c) El Grecco.
(d) Michelangelo.

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

4. Who is claiming to be an admiral?
(a) Lionel.
(b) Sandra.
(c) Mrs. Snell.
(d) Boo Boo.

5. What does Arthur think he finds in the closets when he gets home every night?
(a) The neighbors.
(b) A dog.
(c) Other men.
(d) Ghosts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the goggles that are thrown overboard once belong to?

2. How old is the boy in the story, Down at the Dinghy?

3. Why is Le Amis Des Vieux Maitres closed down?

4. What is one of Joanie's best traits?

5. What does Sandra worry about weighing around the boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 happens to the narrator after he leaves the training course?

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

9. Why does Lionel run away so often?

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

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