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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. Who is the soldier that Gretchen meets and likes right away?
(a) Charlie Hall
(b) Willie Abbott
(c) Claude Thompson
(d) Chip Morris

2. What is the source of Rudolph's frustrations?
(a) He and Julie have not made love yet
(b) He was rejected by the army
(c) Julie is going away to school
(d) He can't find a decent job

3. What is Gretchen afraid that Willie will take with him?
(a) The car
(b) Billy
(c) All their money
(d) Her jewelry

4. What are Willie's career goals?
(a) Screenwriter
(b) Director
(c) Professor
(d) Playwright

5. With whom does Rudolph have dinner after fishing one day?
(a) Teddy Boylan
(b) Claude
(c) Thomas
(d) Axel

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thomas tell Rudolph as they wait in the bus station?

2. Who calls to ask Rudolph to meet him for lunch?

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

4. What does Thomas get from a lawyer who has been stealing at the club?

5. How does Thomas feel as he watches the two men fighting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Thomas fight at the gym and why is he so violent?

5. What are the underlying feelings of the members of the Jordache family at dinner?

6. How does Thomas show emotional growth and maturity?

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

8. How does Rudolph capitalize on his relationship with Teddy Boylan?

9. How does Mr. Jordache's behavior over the nude drawing change Rudolph's opinion of his father?

10. What happens to Thomas as a result of his beating Mr. Greening?

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