Playground: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Richard Powers
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Playground: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Richard Powers
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) JayJay.
(b) RoyRoy.
(c) RayRay.
(d) BobBob.

2. How does the novel gloss the term “gati”?
(a) Tribe.
(b) Family.
(c) Sept.
(d) Clan.

3. Who coaches the chess club at the high school Rafi and Todd attend?
(a) Father Reeves.
(b) Deacon Miller.
(c) Bishop Cook.
(d) Monsignor Jones.

4. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “Indeed, we have heard how, in days of yore, / the heroes of Spear-Danes did valorous deeds, / and of the majesty of their monarchs!”
(b) “Before the Earth, / before the moon, / before the stars, / before the sun, / before the sky, / even before the sea, / there was only time and Ta’aroa.”
(c) “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
(d) “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”

5. Who is Rafi’s third grade teacher?
(a) Stapp.
(b) Capp.
(c) Rapp.
(d) Papp.

6. What game does Rafi play with his grandfather?
(a) Rummy.
(b) Cribbage.
(c) Mancala.
(d) Nine Men's Morris.

7. How does the novel gloss the term “Menteur”?
(a) Liar.
(b) Mentor.
(c) Mental.
(d) Lame.

8. In what hospital does Rafi’s sister die?
(a) Mount Sinai.
(b) Weiss Memorial.
(c) South Shore.
(d) Cook County.

9. What Sousa march was written the year phosphates were discovered on Makatea?
(a) “The Liberty Bell.”
(b) “The Thunderer.”
(c) “Semper Fidelis.”
(d) “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”

10. Where did Evie dive with her father?
(a) Barnes Sound.
(b) Florida Bay.
(c) Biscayne Bay.
(d) Card Sound.

11. How does the novel gloss the term “mana”?
(a) Respect.
(b) Magic.
(c) Circuses.
(d) Bread.

12. Which of the following appellations is assigned to Rafi by his classmates?
(a) Fauntleroy.
(b) Poindexter.
(c) Milquetoast.
(d) Popinjay.

13. What book do Bart and Evie read together?
(a) Clearly It Is Ocean.
(b) The Silent World.
(c) Moby-Dick.
(d) On the Road.

14. Which of the following does Evie see during her admissions appeal?
(a) Dactylopus.
(b) Catoblepas.
(c) Coelocanth.
(d) Ardenol.

15. How does the novel gloss the term “l’Oublié”?
(a) The Remembered.
(b) The Unknown.
(c) The Rounded.
(d) The Forgotten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rafi’s father’s name?

2. Who was Rafi’s first-grade teacher?

3. How does the novel gloss the term “fenua”?

4. In which school is Rafi earliest enrolled?

5. To which university does Evie apply?

(see the answer keys)

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