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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Ouisa describe Paul's essential quality to her children in this section?
(a) Kind
(b) Cultivated
(c) Wild
(d) Enigmatic

3. Where does the doorman say Flan's illegitimate son is living?
(a) Central Park
(b) The YMCA
(c) Jersey
(d) The street

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

5. How does Flan characterize himself when explaining his life to Ouisa in this section?
(a) A gambler
(b) A businessman
(c) A survivor
(d) An artist

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Paul drinking when Dr. Fine confronts him at the brownstone?

2. How does Paul describe the imagination in this section?

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

4. Where does Doug go to school?

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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