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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Henry stay after the racetrack moves?
(a) Betty's house.
(b) Motels.
(c) With Gramps.
(d) Joyce's house

2. Who does Henry ask to marry him in Chapters 5-6?
(a) The cafeteria girl.
(b) Helen.
(c) Joyce.
(d) Mary Lou.

3. What does Betty do at her new job described in Chapter 3?
(a) She cooks.
(b) She works the front desk.
(c) Valet.
(d) She changes sheets and cleans bathrooms.

4. What year was the post office building built where Henry works?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1912.

5. Who says that men at the post office should be judged on 10 trays or one night's work?
(a) G.G.
(b) Matthew Battles.
(c) Skinny Beaver.
(d) Henry.

6. Who comes over for Christmas?
(a) G.G.
(b) Matthew Battles.
(c) Betty.
(d) Joyce.

7. How much money does Henry risk on Blue Stocking?
(a) $10.
(b) $50.
(c) $500.
(d) $5.

8. Where is Betty working when Henry sees her in Chapter 3?
(a) A loser's hotel.
(b) A fast-food restaurant.
(c) A fancy hotel.
(d) The post office.

9. Who is not expected to live in Chapter 3?
(a) Henry's grandma.
(b) Joyce's grandfather.
(c) Betty's grandma.
(d) Joyce's grandma.

10. Why does Henry decide not to go to The Stone's retirement party?
(a) He feels like he would be intruding.
(b) He is afraid of what he will do.
(c) He is worried he will get in trouble.
(d) He does not want to see him.

11. In Chapter 3, who writes to Henry from Texas?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Gramps.
(c) Betty.
(d) Purple Stickpin.

12. Why does Henry sleep all day in Chapters 5-6?
(a) Because he does not have a job.
(b) Because Joyce is there.
(c) So he can work all night.
(d) Because he is hungover.

13. What does Butchner do?
(a) Yells threats and obscenities.
(b) Works hard.
(c) Has a postal route.
(d) Tends bar.

14. Who gives Henry a letter of warning?
(a) Betty.
(b) The Police Department.
(c) The Post Office.
(d) Joyce.

15. In Chapter 3, who is the person that Joyce has not told about her fortune?
(a) Betty.
(b) Gramps.
(c) Henry.
(d) Purple Stickpin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry drink while working the required response in Chapter 3?

2. After Henry fills out papers in Chapter 4, what does he get?

3. What kind of drug does a doctor prescribe for Henry?

4. Which body part is the only one that Henry moves at work in Chapters 5-6?

5. What does the women in Chapter 3 need an explanation of in 10 days?

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