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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 Joel determine he will make his friend near the end of the religious service?
(a) Zoo.
(b) Amy.
(c) Idabel.
(d) Dolores.

2. What does Randolph and Amy's circuitous conversation force Joel to enter in Chapter 4?
(a) Hiding.
(b) His own imaginary place.
(c) To become sick.
(d) A coma-like state.

3. What time does Joel finally emerge from his room on his first day at the Landing?
(a) 8 a.m.
(b) Dawn.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) Past noon.

4. Which of the following cities had Randolph not tried to mail a letter to a man named Pepe Alvarez?
(a) Fukuoka.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Copenhagen.

5. What is the name of the company the truck driver in the opening scene works for?
(a) Princely Place.
(b) Skully's Landing.
(c) Noon City.
(d) Turpentine Company.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the hotel in which Little Sunshine lives?

2. What is the name of the proprietress who offers Joel a grape soda in Chapter 1?

3. What instrument does Amy play in Chapter 4?

4. Where does the religious service continue after it is interrupted?

5. Who pretends not to see the tennis ball in the room in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Randolph ask Joel to bring him water in Chapter 6?

2. What happened to Zoo during her marriage to a man named Keg?

3. How are Zoo and Jesus Fever described at the beginning of the prayer service?

4. How is Joel's new room at Skully's Landing described?

5. How is Joel's first encounter with Zoo described?

6. What does Joel do during his breaks from being painted in Chapter 8?

7. What is the nature of Idabel and Joel's discussion when she visits him in Chapter 10?

8. What happens when Joel and Idabel fall into Drowning Pond?

9. What happens when a red ball rolls into the parlor in Chapter 4?

10. Why does Zoo wear a ribbon around her neck?

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