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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. Carol is talking about buying a _____________ with Gerry in the coming months.
(a) House.
(b) Summer house.
(c) Car.
(d) Pool.

2. Bernie curses and says that Carol hasn't even been to the ____________ where he works.
(a) Company.
(b) Truck.
(c) Restaurant.
(d) Office.

3. Carol tells Bernie that he's wasted at the ____________ where he currently works.
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Phone company.
(c) Desk.
(d) Boarding house.

4. Bernie notes that he is not Carol's __________ father, but her father, the ex-drunk.
(a) True.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Pious.
(d) Hero.

5. Who admits they quit smoking a few years ago so they know how hard it is to do so?
(a) Carol.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Bernie.
(d) Gerry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Carol admit to working when Bernie asks her about this part of her life?

2. What did Bernie lose when he was an alcoholic in the past, according to his own admission?

3. Carol says that her unhappiness comes from another source: Gerry isn't ______________.

4. Bernie tells Carol that she needs to find out about the _________ of the world for herself.

5. "But the _________ place...I furnished it. Fixed it up." Bernie.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is another reason Carol gives for wanting to see and to talk with Bernie?

2. What does Carol attribute her good looks to, according to what she says in their conversation?

3. Why did Bernie chew out a young lieutenant when he was in the military, according to his side of the story?

4. What is Bernie doing in the picture that Carol is looking at when the scene opens?

5. How long has Bernie lived in his current apartment, according to his admission to Carol?

6. What are Carol and Gerry talking about, that she shares with Bernie as they are talking together?

7. Why did Bernie get fired from the phone company, according to the story Bernie relates at the start of the chapter?

8. On what day did Bernie plan to call Carol when she was younger, according to his admission in this scene?

9. Why does Bernie consider Carol to be lucky in her life as the two are talking with each other?

10. What does Carol describe as the most important institution in America when she is talking with Bernie?

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