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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. What is Bruce Mason's profession?
(a) Attorney.
(b) Diplomat.
(c) Chemist.
(d) Physician.

2. What does Nola always need in her life?
(a) A boy.
(b) Money.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Girlfriends.

3. Bruce identifies the accent of the person in #49 as being from __________________.
(a) Cache Valley.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Clear Creek Township.
(d) Liverpool.

4. Why is Bruce disappointed in his mother?
(a) Because she won't learn to read.
(b) Because she won't drive him to school.
(c) Because she stays with his father.
(d) Because she won't get a job.

5. Nola is described as ______________________.
(a) a brainiac.
(b) living from the neck down.
(c) a real blonde.
(d) an idiot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the person in #49 respond to Bruce's advice?

2. How does Bruce spend most of his time now?

3. Who does Bruce stand behind in line after work one night?

4. Who is Bruce's father?

5. Who does Bruce try to give advice to in the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of the cabbage that Bruce steals?

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

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

4. What is the premise of RECAPITULATION?

5. What were Bruce's school years like?

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

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

8. Describe the humorous scenario of Bruce trying to outwit the elevator man in Nola's hotel.

9. Who are Holly and Nola and what prompts Bruce to think of them?

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

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