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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 Brink in Chapter 2, to what profession do both of his parents belong?
(a) They are both accountants.
(b) They are both professors.
(c) They are both doctors.
(d) They are both lawyers.

2. Why does Brink leave Micah’s apartment in Chapter 3?
(a) Because Micah demands to know why he left college.
(b) Because Micah demands he call his mother.
(c) Because Micah demands he go home.
(d) Because Micah demands he return to school.

3. To what does Ada invite Micah in Chapter 3?
(a) A barbeque.
(b) Dinner.
(c) A surprise party.
(d) A wedding.

4. How old is Micah?
(a) 43.
(b) 49.
(c) 40.
(d) 46.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Cass disappointed in Micah at the end of Chapter 2?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, what does Micah appear to lack?

3. What does Micah discover in the dream he has in Chapter 2?

4. What is the full name of Micah’s girlfriend Cass?

5. With whom did Micah once attempt to start a software company?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Chapter 1 end? What are two interpretations of this line?

3. Who is Yolanda? What do Micah’s interactions with her in Chapter 1 reveal about his character?

4. Who is Luella, and what does Micah think about her in Chapter 3? What does this scene illustrate about Micah’s character?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Micah disappoint Yolanda in Chapter 3? What does this scene illustrate about his character?

10. What surprising information does Brink tell Micah about his mother in Chapter 2?

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