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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book have Ouisa and Paul both read?
(a) The Agony and the Ecstacy
(b) The Andy Warhol Diaries
(c) The new book on Cezanne
(d) The Gilded Gutter of Francis Bacon

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

3. What state are Flan and Ouisa from originally?
(a) Maryland
(b) Rhode Island
(c) New Hampshire
(d) Massachusetts

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

5. How do the Kittredges know the Larkin and Kitty?
(a) Their sons
(b) Geoffrey
(c) One of Flan's former partners
(d) Their daughter

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

7. Who did Paul claim his prostitute was the night he stayed at Kitty and Larkin's?
(a) A homeless person
(b) A delivery boy
(c) A friend from school
(d) A burglar

8. Where does Paul proposition Rick for sex?
(a) At the resturant
(b) In a carriage
(c) On the subway
(d) At Rick's apartment

9. Which artist's work is bidding on at Sotheby's in this section?
(a) Gaugin
(b) Tolouse-Lautrec
(c) Matisse
(d) Seurat

10. How does Flan characterize the request he makes his children in this section?
(a) Homework assignment
(b) Special project
(c) Detective search
(d) Scavenger hunt

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

12. 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) A secret
(b) An understanding
(c) A family
(d) A relationship

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the operator at the Sherry assume Ouisa is when she calls?

2. Which of the following children does not come down from Harvard in this section?

3. To what object from the play does Paul make reference in the final moment?

4. What type of specialist is Dr. Fine?

5. In this section, which parent repeatedly states that they don't want to know what their children are doing?

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