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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ouisa, what liquid are workmen using to clean the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
(a) Fish oil
(b) Water
(c) White wine
(d) Vinegar

2. How many high school friends does Tess estimate were into drugs, gangs, and homosexuality?
(a) None
(b) Too many to count
(c) 4
(d) 15

3. Which of the following items is not something Paul asks Ouisa to send him in prison?
(a) Cigarettes
(b) Polaroids
(c) Cassettes
(d) Books

4. At which movie theater does Ouisa say she will meet Paul to take him to the police?
(a) The Union Square
(b) The Waverly
(c) The 42nd Street
(d) The Kip's Bay

5. In what state does Paul tell Rick and Elizabeth he sill finally reunite with his father?
(a) Maine
(b) Connecticut
(c) Massachusetts
(d) Vermont

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

7. What key information about Paul does Ouisa not have in her search for him?
(a) His name
(b) His age
(c) His charges
(d) His arresting officer

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

9. Which of the following children does not come down from Harvard in this section?
(a) Tess
(b) Ben
(c) Woody
(d) Doug

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

11. Paul tells Ouisa he did not like Kitty and Larkin for what reason?
(a) They talked too much
(b) They were dull
(c) They were too eager to please
(d) They left him alone

12. Which chic New York eatery does Paul "treat" Rick to in this section?
(a) Tavern on the Green
(b) The Four Seasons
(c) The Rainbow Room
(d) Le Cirque

13. Elizabeth and Rick say they live above New York's last what?
(a) Swing club
(b) Roller disco
(c) Cigar bar
(d) Billiard club

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

15. In the second excerpt from This Life that the parents read, what does Poitier warn his readers against doing regarding their children?
(a) Condescending them
(b) Protecting them
(c) Ignoring them
(d) Smothering them

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Paul claim his prostitute was the night he stayed at Kitty and Larkin's?

2. Which of the following items is not among those Paul stole from Trent when he left?

3. Which of the assembled children in this section takes exception for what he perceives as an unspoken accusation of drug use?

4. What type of specialist is Dr. Fine?

5. According to Donald Barthelme, what is the art form of the twentieth century?

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