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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Armpit is on his way home from his speech exam?
(a) Encounters Detective Newburg.
(b) He is confronted by Felix and Moses.
(c) Changes his mind again about leaving.
(d) Encounters X-Ray.

2. What does the letter from Kaira to Armpit say?
(a) She's written him several letters.
(b) She wants him to come for a visit.
(c) She is quitting the music business.
(d) Her step-father is divorcing her mother.

3. What does X-Ray tell Armpit after Felix leaves?
(a) Give Felix the letter.
(b) Do what he has to do.
(c) Leave town.
(d) Tell the detective the truth.

4. What does Newburg call Armpit?
(a) Gullible.
(b) A mess.
(c) A liar.
(d) A con artist.

5. Why does Kaira throw coffee in Armpit's face?
(a) She thinks he wants to profit off their friendship.
(b) He criticizes her mother.
(c) He criticizes one of her songs.
(d) She does not throw coffee in his face; she spills it in his lap.

6. What seemed overwhelming to Armpit?
(a) Kaira's anger at him.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The evidence against him in Kaira's beating.
(d) The recovery time for his broken arm.

7. What does Armpit's boss offer Armpit?
(a) A recommendation.
(b) A raise.
(c) Another project.
(d) A promotion.

8. How does Armpit describe the seller of the tickets?
(a) An older white man with a pockmarked face.
(b) An overweight Iranian named Habib.
(c) A young woman with tattoos on her arms.
(d) A woman in her 30s with dyed orange hair.

9. What interrupts Armpit's talking about Kaira's letter to her?
(a) Kaira's cell phone rings.
(b) Aileen arrives.
(c) Fred finds them.
(d) A fan wants an autograph.

10. What happens to El Genius?
(a) Arrested.
(b) He is questioned and released.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He flees the country.

11. What surprises Armpit when he observes a suspect being questioned?
(a) It is Habib.
(b) It is no one he knows.
(c) It is X-Ray.
(d) Armpit is not surprised to see who the suspect is.

12. What is Armpit doing when he notices a white woman at his door?
(a) Telling Ginny about his lunch with Kaira.
(b) Washing his dad's car.
(c) Washing Ginny's mother's car.
(d) Listening to his ipod.

13. What is Habib's alias?
(a) Murdock.
(b) Felix.
(c) He has no alias.
(d) X-Ray.

14. Who accompanies Kaira to the lobby?
(a) Fred.
(b) El Genius.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The bus driver.

15. What does X-Ray reveal about himself to Armpit's boss?
(a) X-Ray came from the same correction center.
(b) His grandfather was a painter and taught him a great deal about painting.
(c) His father was a plumber and he helped him all the time.
(d) X-Ray is working on his electrician's journeyman's license.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen if the seller of forged tickets is caught?

2. What does Detective Newburg tell Armpit?

3. Who interrupts a near kiss between Armpit and Kaira?

4. How does El Genius get into Armpit's room?

5. What does the suspect lie about when questioned?

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