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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 is the narrator's most traumatic move in the story, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period?
(a) From New Jersey to Rome.
(b) Back to New York from Paris.
(c) From New York to Paris.
(d) Back to Paris from New Jersey.

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

3. Why does the narrator write a letter to Mr. Yoshoto?
(a) To sell a painting.
(b) To apply for a job.
(c) To buy a comic book.
(d) To buy a volume of books.

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

5. How much does the job the narrator applied for under the name, Jean de Daumier-Smith, pay?
(a) $288 a week.
(b) $28 a day.
(c) $28 a week.
(d) $288 a month.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is claiming to be an admiral?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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