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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator on page 29, what does Brink’s arrival negatively impact?
(a) Micah’s career.
(b) Micah's dinner.
(c) Micah's customers.
(d) Micah’s routine.

2. How does Micah describe his relationship with Cass in Chapter 1?
(a) As true love.
(b) As supportive.
(c) As a system.
(d) As ebullient.

3. Who is Luella?
(a) An ex-girlfriend.
(b) An ailing tenant.
(c) A former boss.
(d) A needy customer.

4. After Brink returns to Micah’s apartment later in Chapter 2, he reveals he has spent the day where?
(a) The museum.
(b) The zoo.
(c) The park.
(d) The library.

5. What does Cass refuse to do at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Return home.
(b) Spend the night.
(c) Speak to Micah.
(d) Help Micah with the dishes.

6. What is Brink’s emotional state when he leaves Micah’s apartment in Chapter 2?
(a) Dejected.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Angry.
(d) Fearful.

7. In what neighborhood does Micah live?
(a) Roland Park.
(b) Govans.
(c) Hampden.
(d) Canton.

8. In what city does Micah live?
(a) Boston.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Atlanta.

9. What does Cass refuse to do at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) To have dinner with Micah.
(b) To let Micah spend the night.
(c) To apologize to her landlord.
(d) To find a new place to live.

10. What is the redhead by the side of the road, as revealed in Chapter 2?
(a) A mailbox.
(b) A food truck.
(c) A parked car.
(d) A fire hydrant.

11. Why does Micah email the tenants in Chapter 3?
(a) To remind them about a change in policy.
(b) To remind them to flatten boxes before recycling them.
(c) To remind them not to touch the thermostat.
(d) To remind them rent is due.

12. What other job does Micah perform, outside of the company he runs?
(a) Janitor.
(b) Cashier.
(c) Superintendent.
(d) Electrician.

13. Whom does Ada include in her invitation in Chapter 3?
(a) Brink.
(b) Yolanda.
(c) Lorna.
(d) Cass.

14. How did Cass once describe the residents of an elderly care home?
(a) As a roomful of broken hearts.
(b) As a roomful of broken spirits.
(c) As a roomful of broken lives.
(d) As a roomful of broken souls.

15. According to Yolanda in Chapter 3, why she disappointed in her date from the night before?
(a) Because he has a criminal record.
(b) Because he does not have a job.
(c) Because he still lives with his mother.
(d) Because he has poor hygiene.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Brink feel a kinship, as explained on page 31?

2. What did Micah discover about college?

3. How old is Micah?

4. During his conversation with Cass on page 65, Micah feels as though he has been hit where?

5. What unusual act of anger does Micah commit at the end of Chapter 3?

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