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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following terms is not something that Dr. Fine accuses Paul of being?
(a) A crack addict
(b) A fraud
(c) A thief
(d) An imposter

2. What mystery writer does Flan invoke as the parents try to figure out what they have in common?
(a) Dashiell Hammett
(b) Raymond Chandler
(c) Agatha Christie
(d) Patricia Highsmith

3. 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

4. What information does the Detective bring to Flan and Ouisa in this section?
(a) He is transferring off the case
(b) Paul has been captured
(c) Sidney Poitier has called him
(d) Elizabeth will press charges

5. What do Flan and Ouisa ask Tess not to tell her sister at Groton?
(a) Paul used her toothbrush
(b) They will not be coming to her graduation
(c) They sold her favorite antique doll
(d) The hustler was in her bed

6. Which of the following is not a college that Paul lists Flan's "new" children attending?
(a) Yale
(b) Harvard
(c) Andover
(d) Columbia

7. In which play by Anton Chekhov does Rick say he wants to be the lead?
(a) Uncle Vanya
(b) Ivanov
(c) The Cherry Orchard
(d) The Seagull

8. In this section, Doug tells his father that his mother says sleeping with him was like sleeping with what food?
(a) A salad with bad dressing
(b) An old bowl of borscht
(c) A pasta dish with too much garlic
(d) A rotting fish

9. Who is the publish of Poitier's autobiography This Life?
(a) Knopf
(b) Schuster and Schuster
(c) Pearson
(d) Random House

10. What type of specialist is Dr. Fine?
(a) An osteopath
(b) An obstetrician
(c) A podiatrist
(d) A pediatrician

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

12. What adjective do Flan and Paul repeatedly use to describe the dull part of art dealing?
(a) Drab
(b) Blase
(c) Gray
(d) Grotty

13. What does Tess suggest her mother should have done with Paul?
(a) Slept with him
(b) Never let him in
(c) Adopt him
(d) Have him arrested

14. What type of law does Kitty's "friend" practice?
(a) Divorce law
(b) Maritime law
(c) Patent law
(d) Theatrical law

15. What is Paul drinking when Dr. Fine confronts him at the brownstone?
(a) Port
(b) Cognac
(c) Brandy
(d) Scotch

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second excerpt from This Life that the parents read, what does Poitier warn his readers against doing regarding their children?

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

3. Why has Kitty not spoken to her children when she tells Ouisa and Flan their story?

4. According to Ouisa, what liquid are workmen using to clean the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

5. According to Woody in this section, his parents bough him the pink shirt when he outgrew his other shirts because of what?

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