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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a nickname that Eccles gives to one of his parishioners?
(a) Silly Man
(b) Droopsy Lady
(c) Happy Beans
(d) Teary Tom

2. What ethnicity does Janice feel she resembles with her tanned skin?
(a) Polynesian
(b) Greek
(c) Puerto Rican
(d) Italian

3. What noise wakes Nelson in this section?
(a) A breaking glass
(b) A slamming door
(c) Janice's snoring
(d) The television

4. Why does Janice have trouble feeding Rebecca?
(a) Her breasts are incredibly sore
(b) Janice has very little milk left
(c) Rebecca is not hungry
(d) Her nipple keeps coming out of her mouth

5. Where did Rabbit once buy a black necklace for Janice?
(a) Java
(b) Antigua
(c) Dallas
(d) Boston

6. The article that Eccles reads in the waiting room is by a man who plays what sport?
(a) Baseball
(b) Football
(c) Basketball
(d) Golf

7. What is the name of the nun at the front desk of the ER?
(a) Bernard
(b) Mary
(c) Thomas
(d) Eleanor

8. With which woman has Rabbit had sex during the course of the novel?
(a) Margaret
(b) Lucy Eccles
(c) Janice
(d) Ruth

9. To what animal does Mrs. Springer compare Harry when she arrives at the waiting room?
(a) Goat
(b) Buzzard
(c) Chimpanzee
(d) Rabbit

10. What movie has Janice gone to see when Eccles visits her parents at the beginning of this section?
(a) The Apartment
(b) The Seven-Year Itch
(c) Bus Stop
(d) Some Like It Hot

11. According to to Tothero in this section, youth is what two things?
(a) Beautiful and doomed
(b) Hopeful and fearless
(c) Stupid and reckless
(d) Deaf and careless

12. According to Lucy Eccles, of what is Harry not afraid?
(a) Failure
(b) Living
(c) Children
(d) Women

13. What sound does Janice listen for as she feeds Rebecca at the beginning of this section?
(a) Harry's car in the parking lot
(b) Harry's key in the door
(c) Harry's voice behind her
(d) Harry footsteps on the stairs

14. What is the basis for the new religion that Harry creates in his dream?
(a) Children
(b) Making love
(c) The open road
(d) The sun and the moon

15. What name does Harry want to give his daughter?
(a) Ellen
(b) Janice
(c) Rebecca
(d) June

Short Answer Questions

1. At whom does Harry lash out during the funeral?

2. What event has taken Jack Eccles out of town when Mrs. Springer calls?

3. What does Ruth try to do after Harry leaves at the end of this section?

4. Why does Janice ask Harry for a quarter?

5. Who made Janice switch obstetricians when she became pregnant a second time?

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