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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was a hideous condo tower rising in "Starlight"?
(a) 60th Street.
(b) 57th Street.
(c) 51st Street.
(d) 49th Street.

2. Where was "School Girls," Bery's circle off straw-and-plaster girls, installed a few years ago?
(a) The Richard Webber Harlem Packing House.
(b) Benjamin Franklin High School.
(c) Adam Clayton Powell Building.
(d) Public School 109.

3. When does Jefe get run over by a food deliveryman on a bicycle?
(a) Early February.
(b) November.
(c) January.
(d) Mid-December.

4. What color Christmas lights are used at Paulette's in "The Real Wherever"?
(a) White and red.
(b) Red and green.
(c) White.
(d) Orange.

5. How many different kinds of passengers does Clive see when driving a taxi?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) Half a dozen.
(d) 10.

6. How old was Alison when she got the scar on her stomach?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

7. Where is the Wabash River from Starlight, Indiana?
(a) Two states away.
(b) In Ohio.
(c) Across the state.
(d) In Illinois.

8. In "Starlight," what day of the week does Clive have off?
(a) Wednesdays.
(b) Mondays.
(c) Tuesdays.
(d) Thursdays.

9. Where did Bery's "Rubbish Day" go up in a pocket park last year?
(a) Marble HIll.
(b) West Village.
(c) Lenox Hill.
(d) Yorkville.

10. How much of a tip did Clive get once on a ten-buck ride?
(a) $200.
(b) $50.
(c) $100.
(d) $75.

11. How many children did Hamid, another night-shift driver, have back in Pakistan?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

12. At night, what tree would Clive remember was in his grandmother's yard?
(a) Fig.
(b) Plum.
(c) Gumbo-limbo.
(d) Oleander.

13. When Ghostbusters came to Saint X's only movie hall, what time would Clive slip into the movie theater every afternoon?
(a) 3:45.
(b) 3:30.
(c) 2:15.
(d) 2:45.

14. In "Voices," how old is Clive's son?
(a) 20.
(b) Turning 21 soon.
(c) Not quite 25.
(d) 19.

15. In "The Secret City," what day is it when Jackie comes to see Emily?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Emily's birthday.
(c) Day Alison died.
(d) Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Secret City," where is a debut novel Emily's boss has acquired set?

2. What was Sara Lycott wearing when Clive walked her home for the first time?

3. In "The Secret City," what time on aa Sunday morning does Jackie come to Emily's apartment?

4. How did Clive know Emily was Claire?

5. How many women in labor does Clive tell Emily he has driven to the hospital?

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