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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Greek playwright is Ouisa said to have mockingly mentioned after seeing Cats?
(a) Aeschylus
(b) Euripides
(c) Sophocles
(d) Aristophanes

2. According to Kitty what famous starlet used the alias Harriet Brown at hotels?
(a) Greta Garbo
(b) Audrey Hepburn
(c) Vivien Leigh
(d) Mae West

3. In this section, which parent repeatedly states that they don't want to know what their children are doing?
(a) Dr. Fine
(b) Larkin
(c) Ouisa
(d) Flan

4. How does Paul describe the imagination in this section?
(a) Your ever-badgering voice
(b) Your sunset voice
(c) Your child's voice
(d) Your 4 AM voice

5. What nationality of clients does Ouisa mistakenly she and Flan are schmoozing before Sotheby's?
(a) Irish
(b) Saudi
(c) Japanese
(d) German

6. At the end of their first meeting with their children, Flan protests to Tess that she is not a part of a conspiracy but what?
(a) An understanding
(b) A relationship
(c) A family
(d) A secret

7. Who spits on Flan at the end of this section?
(a) A policeman
(b) His doorman
(c) The hustler
(d) Ouisa

8. To what country does Tess say she wants to travel in this section?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Chile
(c) Angola
(d) Laos

9. How were Dr. Fine's parents killed?
(a) In a plane crash
(b) In a house fire
(c) In a mugging
(d) In the Holocaust

10. Which of the following is not a type of jam Trent recommends one send to rich people?
(a) Peach
(b) Orange
(c) Strawberry
(d) Grapefruit

11. Which of the following is not among the "charges" the Kittredges and Larkin list to the Detective regarding Paul?
(a) He made them dinner
(b) He sent them flowers
(c) He told them about Catcher in the Rye
(d) He claimed to be the son of Sidney Poitier

12. Which of the following is not an adjective the children use to describe their parents' request in this section?
(a) Racist
(b) Hateful
(c) Humiliating
(d) Pathetic

13. What do Rick and Elizabeth do to make money in New York?
(a) Busk in the subway
(b) Temp in offices
(c) Wait tables
(d) Turn tricks

14. What is Sidney Poitier's first wife's name?
(a) Juanita
(b) Sheila
(c) Claire
(d) Pat

15. Through what letter of Trent's address book does Paul get before leaving him?
(a) P
(b) L
(c) F
(d) S

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of his monologue about thie imagination in this section, Paul says that it is not what?

2. How does Ouisa describe Paul's essential quality to her children in this section?

3. Which New York periodical publishes the Kittredges' story in this section?

4. Which of the following terms is not something that Dr. Fine accuses Paul of being?

5. What arrives with the flowers that Paul sends the Kittredges?

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