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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is no one invited to see Wilbur and Eliza when they were born?
(a) They are premature.
(b) They are ugly.
(c) They are ill.
(d) No one expected twins.

2. What university does Wilbur attend?
(a) Hampshire.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Duke.

3. Melody first gets pregnant at what age?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

4. Who lives with Wilbur at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Melody and Isadore.
(b) Eliza.
(c) Dr. Mott.
(d) Letitia.

5. Wilbur and Eliza's father dies of what?
(a) A car accident.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Grief.
(d) A heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, what is Eliza especially good at?

2. What professional team does Eliza invest in?

3. When Wilbur is writing his memoirs, what is happening to gravity?

4. What formal document do Wilbur and Eliza disagree with?

5. What decreases Wilbur and Eliza's intelligence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dr. Cordiner get angry at Wilbur and Eliza?

2. Why does Wilbur want to believe that Dr. Mott knew the truth about Wilbur and Eliza?

3. Who does Wilbur live with in Chapter 1?

4. As children, what do Wilbur and Eliza read about beautiful people?

5. What physical discovery have the Chinese made by Wilbur's 15th birthday?

6. While Wilbur excels in school, what happens to Eliza?

7. As a child, why was Wilbur worried about Dr. Mott?

8. What do Wilbur and Eliza discover about gravity?

9. What is Wilbur's mood at the beginning of Slapstick: Or, Lonesome No More!?

10. What is Wilbur doing at the beginning of Slapstick: Or, Lonesome No More!?

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