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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. According to Harry in the very end of the section, what will others do if you follow your heart?
(a) Not especially care
(b) Pay the price
(c) Love you for it
(d) Revile you

2. By the end of the pickup game at the beginning of the novel, how many boys are playing with Harry?
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 2

3. What plant does Harry suggest Mrs. Smith will have in heaven instead of rhododendrons?
(a) Buckwheat
(b) Sunflowers
(c) Corn
(d) Alfalfa

4. What service does Harry request of the farmer in addition to gas?
(a) Cleaning the windshield
(b) Checking the oil
(c) Adding coolant
(d) Checking the tires

5. What team was Harry's team playing the night the two groups shared a bottle of cider?
(a) Oriole High
(b) Allenville High
(c) Brewer High
(d) Pennoak High

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Harry imagine the club in his hands has become?

2. With which religious designation does Eccles characterize his reactionary father?

3. What building is directly across the street from Ruth's apartment building?

4. What inappropriate action does Rabbit take with Lucy Eccles right before her her husband enters the room?

5. What does Harry borrow from Tothero before they go to eat dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Nelson dealt with Harry's absence, according to Janice?

2. Why does Janice slap Nelson?

3. Describe Ruth's high school relationship with Harrison.

4. Describe Harry Angstrom.

5. How does Harry interact with Mrs. Springer after coming home?

6. Why does Harry take off his shoes on his walk up Mt. Judge?

7. Explain the significance of the title of the novel, particularly regarding the final passages.

8. What events lead to Harry's giving up his southward trek?

9. Describe Janice Angstrom.

10. How is Harry and Lucy's first meeting dangerous?

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