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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 items is not something Paul asks Ouisa to send him in prison?
(a) Books
(b) Polaroids
(c) Cigarettes
(d) Cassettes

2. From what state have Rick and Elizabeth recently moved?
(a) Oklahoma
(b) Kentucky
(c) Iowa
(d) Utah

3. To what object from the play does Paul make reference in the final moment?
(a) The Alaskan huskie
(b) The pink shirt
(c) The Kandinski
(d) The address book

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Which of the following items is not among those Paul stole from Trent when he left?
(a) His skis
(b) His watch
(c) His printer
(d) His sport jacket

12. Why has Kitty not spoken to her children when she tells Ouisa and Flan their story?
(a) They cannot get a call through
(b) They have been in the Hamptons all weekend
(c) Their children are abroad
(d) Their children refuse to speak with them

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What mystery writer does Flan invoke as the parents try to figure out what they have in common?

2. What type of specialist is Dr. Fine?

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

4. Where does Doug go to school?

5. 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?

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