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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 does Micah leave on a table as he leaves Cass at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) A key.
(b) His phone.
(c) Some money.
(d) Her mail.

2. When Micah phones Brink in Chapter 5, what does Micah tell Brink?
(a) That Brink's mother is sorry for hurting him.
(b) That Brink's mother is at his apartment.
(c) That Brink's mother has alerted the police.
(d) That Brink's mother has been admitted to a hospital.

3. According to Micah on page 117, what did each new girlfriend mean for him?
(a) Another negative experience.
(b) Another tragic experience.
(c) Another predictable experience.
(d) Another unsettling experience.

4. The phrase “like a starving man" (96) is an example of what literary device?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Irony.
(d) Symbolism.

5. What relationship advice is Micah given on page 74?
(a) That he beg for forgiveness.
(b) That he change his ways.
(c) That he write Cass a letter.
(d) That he go to counseling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Micah unable to understand about Yolanda, as explained in Chapter 6?

2. Why is Yolanda happy in Chapter 6?

3. How does Micah react to the text he receives at the end of Chapter 6?

4. On page 118, Micah doubts that new relationships are worth what?

5. What does Micah experience in Chapter 6, after his service call to Rosalie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Joey and Lily, as discussed in Chapter 4? What is notable about their relationship, and how does it contrast with that of Micah and Cass?

2. What does Lorna tell Micah about what happened with Brink in Chapter 5?

3. What action does Micah take at the end of Chapter 4?

4. How do Micah and his family attempt to explain the origins of Micah’s finicky personality in Chapter 4?

5. How has Micah’s routine become further disrupted in Chapter 5?

6. What does Lorna tell Micah about Brink’s biological father in Chapter 5? How does Micah feel about this news?

7. How does Micah’s family react to news of his breakup with Cass in Chapter 4?

8. What happens during Micah’s meeting with Cass in Chapter 6?

9. What does Micah think about women at the start of Chapter 5? What do these thoughts reveal about his character?

10. What does the narrator wonder about Micah at the start of Chapter 5?

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