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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. Who does Lee say is Arthur's worst enemy?
(a) Joanie.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Lee.
(d) Junior.

2. What does the narrator's mother-in-law want him to send her?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Olives.
(c) Tea.
(d) Cashmere yarn.

3. Where does the narrator think Esme should wear her watch instead of her wrist?
(a) Around her head.
(b) Around her neck.
(c) Around her leg.
(d) Around her waist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What course do 60 American enlisted men take in the story, For Esme - With Love and Squalor?

3. Who thinks all Americans despise tea?

4. What year does Bobby die?

5. What does Esme want to read about most?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Lionel run away so often?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do the pickles, key chain and goggles tell us about Lionel?

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