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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gretchen doing in her life at this point?
(a) Studying for a degree
(b) Working as a model
(c) Traveling around the world
(d) Raising more children

2. Where is Rudolph when Gretchen reads a letter from him?
(a) Vienna
(b) Rome
(c) Salzburg
(d) Dublin

3. To what city is Rudolph headed in Part 4, Chapter 6?
(a) Dallas
(b) Houston
(c) San Antonio
(d) Waco

4. Where do Thomas and Dwyer see many beautiful pleasure boats?
(a) Lisbon
(b) Marseilles
(c) Liverpool
(d) Cannes

5. Where does Thomas find his son?
(a) Military school
(b) At the library
(c) In a street gang
(d) In the hospital

6. Who does Rudolph engage to help Gretchen get a divorce?
(a) Private investigator
(b) Lawyer
(c) Psychologist
(d) Police officer

7. What is Thomas' home port city?
(a) Lisbon
(b) Antibes
(c) Marseilles
(d) Cannes

8. What is notable about the picture of Jean hanging from the college administration building?
(a) She is wearing a lampshade on her head
(b) She doesn't have a head
(c) She is in drag
(d) She is drunk and naked

9. Why is Thomas intent on making a living at sea?
(a) He wants to build ships
(b) He is hiding from the mob
(c) He wants to become a shipping magnate
(d) He has always loved the water

10. What do Rudolph and Jean name their daughter?
(a) Emma
(b) Enid
(c) Eva
(d) Etta

11. Which of the following does Thomas not avoid on the ship?
(a) Poker games
(b) Visiting the port cities
(c) Socializing
(d) Fighting

12. Where does Thomas take his son to live?
(a) Whitby
(b) Antibes
(c) Cannes
(d) Marseilles

13. What year is it in Part 4, Chapter 1?
(a) 1969
(b) 1973
(c) 1959
(d) 1963

14. Who is the man who bullies Thomas on the ship?
(a) Fiorucci
(b) Falconetti
(c) Flora
(d) Fonzarelli

15. What does Thomas remind Gretchen not to do?
(a) Move back to New York
(b) Tell Rudolph where he is
(c) Have any more children
(d) Go back to Willie

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rudolph find all over Jean's room to serve as an answer to his proposal?

2. Why is Thomas unable to find out whether the mob is still after him?

3. Colin did not have ________________ before he died.

4. What does Jean destroy in a drunken rage?

5. What has Gretchen learned about Thomas?

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