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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Harrison brag to Rabbit that he once took Ruth for a weekend?
(a) Atlantic City
(b) Miami Beach
(c) The Poconos
(d) Reno

2. What news does Mr. Springer bring to Harry after the latter puts Nelson to bed?
(a) Janice has fainted at church
(b) The car lot will be closing for business
(c) Janice will not be charged with manslaughter
(d) He has found someone to take over their lease

3. Which of the following in not among the sentiments Mr. Springer relates to Harry while Janice is sedated?
(a) He will pay the funeral expenses
(b) Harry can keep his job at the lot
(c) Harry is not entirely to blame
(d) The Springers will try to make Harry feel more welcome

4. In the magazine story that Harry reads in the waiting room, where does a family take its bargain vacation?
(a) The Great Salt Lake
(b) Lake Erie
(c) The Canadian Rockies
(d) Tijuana

5. What fictional character does Nelson pretend to be when Janice is nursing?
(a) Howdy Doodie
(b) Superman
(c) Mighty Mouse
(d) The Shadow

6. Why does Janice fear she will stab Rebecca if she tries to change her diaper?
(a) She is beginning to resent the child
(b) She was never good with pins
(c) She is drunk
(d) She has not slept all night

7. Who sits in front of Rabbit at Jack Eccles' church service?
(a) Mr. Springer
(b) Ruth
(c) Lucy Eccles
(d) Mrs. Smith

8. How far from due is Janice when Eccles visits the Springers?
(a) 2 months
(b) 1 week
(c) 3 weeks
(d) 1 month

9. What psychological term does Lucy Eccles explain to Joyce after church?
(a) Sublimate
(b) Id
(c) Neurotic
(d) Superego

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

11. What does Harry accept from Eccles that he considers a "wafer of repentance"?
(a) A cigarette
(b) An aspirin
(c) A cup of coffee
(d) A donut

12. Why is Marty Tothero in the hospital?
(a) He is having his appendix removed
(b) He has a heart attack
(c) He had a stroke
(d) He was in a car accident

13. Which of the following is not a task that distracts Janice while the bath water is running?
(a) Hiding the whiskey bottle
(b) Throwing away the leftovers of lunch
(c) Putting away Nelson's crayons
(d) Dabbing a liquor stain from the carpet

14. In this section, Janice decides she will do what if Harry comes back?
(a) Slap him
(b) Have sex with him
(c) Tell him to leave never come back
(d) Beg him to stay

15. What does Reverend Eccles desperately crave as he visits the Springers and Angstroms?
(a) A beer
(b) A cup of coffee
(c) A glass of water
(d) A cigarette

Short Answer Questions

1. According to to Tothero in this section, youth is what two things?

2. What drink does Janice want while drugged?

3. Who has just called Ruth when Harry arrives?

4. At whose house does Rabbit sleep at the end of this section?

5. What name does Harry want to give his daughter?

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