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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 is Clothilde in America?
(a) To teach art
(b) Hiding from an abusive husband
(c) Visiting some relatives
(d) To study business

2. Who calls to ask Rudolph to meet him for lunch?
(a) Julie
(b) Thomas
(c) Professor Denton
(d) Teddy Boylan

3. What is the source of Rudolph's depression?
(a) Mary has moved out of the house
(b) The family is too poor to send him to college
(c) Julie broke up with him
(d) Thomas is in jail

4. What instrument does Rudolph play in the high school band?
(a) Trumpet
(b) Drums
(c) Flute
(d) Tuba

5. What does Mr. Greening do after Dominic refuses to fight anymore?
(a) Asks Thomas to work out with him
(b) Kicks him
(c) Spits on him
(d) Hits him one last time

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the presumed cause of Axel's death?

2. What is the special day in Part 1, Chapter 5?

3. Where does Thomas have a job?

4. Who works in the bakery while Axel is in Ohio?

5. Which store employee makes inappropriate advances toward Rudolph?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Gretchen's meeting with Teddy Boylan so prophetic for her brother's lives as well as her own?

2. What happens to the $5000 Thomas gives back to Rudolph?

3. Explain the complications of Axel's decision to pay off the father of the girls who have accused Thomas of statutory rape.

4. What is the irony of the money Thomas receives and then wants to pay back to his father?

5. Explain how Thomas is Axel's least favorite child but Thomas is most like Axel.

6. Explain why Thomas is so happy living in Ohio.

7. What are the two major sources of Rudolph's depression and frustration?

8. How is Rudolph's career taking off at Calderwood's company/

9. What is the foundation of the relationship between Teddy Boylan and Rudolph?

10. What important realization does Rudolph come to while temporarily working in the family bakery?

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