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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who of the following is NOT mentioned being with the author at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Jean.
(b) His mother.
(c) Alison.
(d) Tobey.

2. According to the end of Chapter 1, what is significant about anarchy?
(a) It has control.
(b) The author presents a paradoxical view of it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It is defined and refuted.

3. What does the author describe in the final section of Chapter 1?
(a) A sleepless night.
(b) His hunger.
(c) His headache.
(d) A dream.

4. Where did the author choose to sleep due to his fears about Southbury Training School, in Chapter 4?
(a) The car.
(b) In a closet.
(c) Outside.
(d) Under the car.

5. What does the author recall about the conditions of the person he remembers in Chapter 1?
(a) That he was in and out of mental hospitals during his childhood.
(b) That he was rich.
(c) That he was poor.
(d) That he was a stable, reliable man.

6. What are Chapters 2 and 3 examples of in relation to most autobiographies?
(a) A deeper insight to other people's feelings.
(b) A broader narrative over a personal one.
(c) It is of the author's persepctive.
(d) A more personal narrative over a braoder one.

7. What did the frightening experience the author recalled at the end of Chapter 2 do for him?
(a) Made him never drink alcohol.
(b) Made him quit smoking.
(c) Made him a better man.
(d) Changed his view of the world.

8. What did the author's fear drive him to do?
(a) Watch TV.
(b) Sleep with the lights on.
(c) Go to work with his parents.
(d) Leave the cabin.

9. How does the author describe Jean and Dagmar when he leaves them to go with Tobey's family in Chapter 6?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Quarreling.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Bickering.

10. What does the author describe grew between the pianist and Jean?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) A loving relationship.
(c) A growing enmity.
(d) A growing friendship.

11. In Chapter 3, what does the author mention he and his friend discovered together?
(a) A dead deer.
(b) A dead cat.
(c) A dead horse.
(d) A dead mule.

12. When was the author confronted by a teacher at Southbury?
(a) In his dreams.
(b) On the way to the bathroom.
(c) At the cafeteria.
(d) During a trip to the library.

13. Where did the author go with Tobey and his family in Chapter 6?
(a) The mountains.
(b) To dinner.
(c) The beach.
(d) A county fair.

14. What did the person who told the author he lost force him to do in Chapter 6?
(a) To give Tobey his Cotton candy.
(b) To leave the park.
(c) To run his errands.
(d) To feel his private parts.

15. What are the contents of Chapters 4 and 5 examples of?
(a) A "coming of age" story.
(b) Prose.
(c) Unrealistic and unnecessary to the context of the book.
(d) A description of relationships.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author feel about their arrival in Chapter 4?

2. What is understood about the author and his perception of the people he introduces in Chapters 2 and 3?

3. How does the author describe his time with his friend in Chapter 3?

4. What was the verdict of Ligget's trial?

5. What does the prologue offer the reader?

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