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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 Micah call Cass in Chapter 3?
(a) To invite her to dinner.
(b) To ask her advice.
(c) To tell her about Brink.
(d) To ask her to spend the night.

2. What does Micah fix for Yolanda in Chapter 3?
(a) A faulty light switch.
(b) A faulty faucet.
(c) A faulty modem.
(d) A faulty thermostat.

3. How does Micah feel regarding his wrong assumptions about Luella?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Complacent.
(c) Adamant.
(d) Confused.

4. The final words in Chapter 1 can apply to what two individuals?
(a) Micah and Cass.
(b) Cass and the narrator.
(c) The narrator and the reader.
(d) Micah and the narrator.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cass in Chapter 1, her landlord caught her doing what?

2. Who is Luella?

3. What is the name of Micah’s dancer ex-girlfriend?

4. What does Micah plan to make Cass for dinner, as they discuss on page 22?

5. To what does Ada invite Micah in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Micah’s time in college and what it illustrates about his character.

2. What happens when Brink returns to Micah’s apartment later in Chapter 2?

3. What does the reader learn about Micah’s personal life, as revealed in Chapter 1?

4. Who or what is Traffic God? What does this scene illustrate about Micah’s character, as revealed in Chapter 1?

5. Who is Cass, and what troubles her in Chapter 1?

6. What poor joke does Micah make to Cass at the end of Chapter 2? How does Cass react?

7. What unusual act of anger does Micah display at the end of Chapter 3? What prompts this behavior?

8. How did Micah and Cass meet, as revealed in Chapter 3? What did she say that moved him?

9. How does Micah earn a living, as explained in Chapter 1?

10. Who is Ada, and what does she tell Micah in Chapter 3?

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