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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author contemplate doing after the fruit stand failed in Chapter 9?
(a) Moving back to Ft. Lauderdale.
(b) Running away.
(c) Jumping off a fire escape.
(d) Moving back to New York.

2. What did his mother reluctantly confirm to the author in Chapter 13?
(a) That he was going to juvenile jail.
(b) That they were moving again.
(c) That his father had cancer and was dying from it.
(d) That she was dying from cancer.

3. What was the outcome of the author's trip he described in Chapter 14?
(a) It was so much fun.
(b) It was disappointing.
(c) He was stung by a jellyfish.
(d) He was stung by a bee.

4. Where was the author moving at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Ft. Lauderdale.
(b) Jacksonville.
(c) New York.
(d) Miami.

5. What was the author's early morning job in Chapter 10?
(a) Shelving books at the library.
(b) Taking out Jean's trash.
(c) Sweeping the floors at the library.
(d) Taking out the trash at school.

6. Where did the author go in the spring, in Chapter 18?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) Nice.
(d) Venice.

7. What was the author awkwardly questioned about in Chapter 10?
(a) His dreams and ambitions in life.
(b) His deepest secrets.
(c) His sex life.
(d) His home life.

8. Who did the author see at his early morning job on the particular day described in Chapter 10?
(a) Donald.
(b) Tobey.
(c) A beautiful woman.
(d) His ex-girlfriend.

9. Why was the author disappointed with the people he met at dinner in Chapter 15?
(a) They went to the pool.
(b) They went to bed early.
(c) They went home.
(d) They went to the first class area.

10. What did the author relate to in Chapter 14?
(a) A visit to New York.
(b) His trip to Eurpoe.
(c) A visit to Florida.
(d) A visit to the west coast.

11. Who did Jean write a letter to in Chapter 11?
(a) The author.
(b) Alison.
(c) Dagmar.
(d) Jessica.

12. What was the name of the Swedish girl the author had a restrained relationship with?
(a) Alibail.
(b) Emily.
(c) Chirstina.
(d) Kelly.

13. How did Jean plan to make money in Chapter 9?
(a) Selling fruit on a street corner.
(b) Selling knock-off purses and sunglasses.
(c) Renting a house.
(d) Becoming a chef.

14. What did the author see that suddenly made him sexually energized in Chapter 10?
(a) A woman's cleavage.
(b) A woman's thigh.
(c) A woman's neck.
(d) A woman's wrist.

15. Who waved to the author in Chapter 17?
(a) Jean and Victor.
(b) Alison and Dagmar.
(c) Dagmar and Jessica.
(d) Dagmar and Jean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author's coworker Sid do?

2. What was the author's boss's name in Chapter 15?

3. Where did Dagmar go in Chapter 11?

4. What happened in Chapters 9 and 10 that presented the component of disillusionment?

5. What disrupted the author's surge of sexual energy on this particular day in Chapter 10?

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