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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does the Dean and Deluca customer leave for his purchase in Flan and Ouisa's story?
(a) $100
(b) Nothing
(c) $40
(d) $80

2. How many workers does Ouisa say Geoffrey has working in one of his mines?
(a) 70,000
(b) 22,000
(c) 800
(d) 1,700

3. When does the Kittredge's housekeeper come in?
(a) Saturday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Sunday
(d) Thursday

4. What color is the shirt that the Kittredges give to Paul?
(a) Black
(b) Pink
(c) Blue
(d) White

5. What is Geoffrey's wife's name?
(a) Diana
(b) Ellen
(c) Sylvia
(d) Christine

6. What article of clothing does Flan look at and think of Van Gogh?
(a) His sport coat
(b) A hat
(c) His ties
(d) His shoes

7. As Ouisa considers the idea of being murdered in her sleep, what does she wonder aloud?
(a) Who would find her
(b) Would she go to heaven
(c) Would she wake up
(d) Would it hurt

8. To what mythological figure does Ouisa compare Geoffrey when she describes him?
(a) Midas
(b) Jason
(c) Creon
(d) Theseus

9. In what city was Sidney Poitier born?
(a) Selma
(b) Brooklyn
(c) Baltimore
(d) Miami

10. Flan is shocked that his son lets Paul call him what?
(a) Man
(b) Brother
(c) Woody
(d) Woodrow

11. What metaphor does Sidney Poitier use to characterize the two American debates on life?
(a) Warring bulls
(b) Bookends
(c) River banks
(d) World powers

12. What does everyone say about the New York Times crossword puzzle, according to Ouisa?
(a) They have never finished the Sunday puzzle
(b) They do it in ink
(c) It is a waste of time
(d) The Monday puzzle is two easy

13. How long is the hall in the Kittredge house?
(a) 6 feet
(b) 30 feet
(c) 18 feet
(d) They do not have hall

14. Who calls the Kittredges soon after Paul leaves?
(a) Their daughter
(b) The Japanese buyers
(c) Geoffrey
(d) Paul

15. To what object does Ouisa compare Geoffrey's money in this section?
(a) A lawnmower
(b) A beacon
(c) A mustang
(d) A lifeboat

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Flan demand of Paul in the scene with the Hustler?

2. What is the second prized item that Flan checks at the top of the play?

3. When Flan mentions that Geoffrey is from South Africa, Ouisa needles him for sounding how?

4. According to Paul, Sidney Poitier lived for a time in a bus station across the street from what?

5. In Paul's description of his father, Sidney Poitier claims that growing up his family was so poor they did not even own what?

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