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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. Why does Bruce's family have to move every few months?
(a) To keep ahead of the police.
(b) To find better places to live.
(c) To find the best school for Bruce.
(d) So that his father can find a job.

2. Why does Bruce hate his father?
(a) Because he is cruel to Bruce's mother.
(b) Because he beats him every day.
(c) Because he is having an affair.
(d) Because he bashed in his bicycle.

3. Why was Bruce unable to take the woman in #62 to her room one evening?
(a) The woman would not allow it.
(b) It was late and he had an early wake-up call.
(c) He had an emergency call at the hospital.
(d) The elevator attendant would not allow it.

4. What room does Bruce recognize in the funeral home building?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The living room.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

5. Where does Bruce have dinner his first night in Salt Lake City?
(a) He had room service.
(b) L'Auberge Restaurant.
(c) The Chop House.
(d) The hotel restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bruce do with the item he steals from a neighbor's house?

2. What does Bruce do as the crowd grows as he waits after work one night?

3. To what city does Bruce travel to plan his aunt's funeral?

4. What does Bruce's father's job inhibit?

5. What is Bruce Mason's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the episode of Bruce touching the girl's breast show what a simple time he lived in?

2. What does Bruce find amusing about the building the funeral home is housed in?

3. How did Bruce come to join the tennis club?

4. Why does Bruce hate his father for his mother's sake?

5. How does the author show that Joe had been an important part of Bruce's life?

6. What saddens Bruce as he walks the streets of Salt Lake City?

7. What is the premise of RECAPITULATION?

8. What two buildings does Bruce see that were important in his father's life?

9. What prompts Bruce to think of Jack Bailey and what does he recall regarding Jack being a cad with women?

10. What does Bruce learn about the phone number given to him by the funeral director?

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