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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 do after a day of lounging on the deck in Chapter 15?
(a) Dressed up and went to first class.
(b) Got a massage.
(c) Took a cold shower and shaved in hot water.
(d) Read in the bathtub.

2. What does Chapter 10 narrate?
(a) A dream of the author's.
(b) A memory of the author's.
(c) A trip to the zoo.
(d) A school day.

3. How did the author describe his coworker Jimmy?
(a) He was a beast.
(b) He was scrawny.
(c) He was an ex-con.
(d) He was witty.

4. How did the author feel when he was accepted to college?
(a) Sad.
(b) Relatively calm.
(c) Excited.
(d) Disappointed.

5. What disrupted the author's surge of sexual energy on this particular day in Chapter 10?
(a) His boss telling him to take out the garbage.
(b) A phone call.
(c) The woman bursting into tears.
(d) The books falling off the shelf.

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

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

8. Who was the author's second ride with in Chapter 11?
(a) A woman truckdriver.
(b) An overwight trucker.
(c) A hippie.
(d) A woman and a baby.

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

10. What did the author's coworker Sid do?
(a) Sales.
(b) Packaging.
(c) Manager.
(d) Delivery.

11. Why did the author avoid going home to dinner in Chapter 13?
(a) He had a bad day at work and school.
(b) He didn't want to see Jean.
(c) He didn't want what his mom was cooking.
(d) He was angry at his mom.

12. What was the author habitually late for in Chapter 10?
(a) School.
(b) The bus.
(c) Work.
(d) Dinner.

13. What was the author's boss's name in Chapter 15?
(a) Bob.
(b) Willie.
(c) William.
(d) Bill.

14. In Chapter 10, what was the author warned about if he was late again?
(a) He would be expelled.
(b) He would have to do pushups.
(c) He would have to take out the trash.
(d) He would be fired.

15. Who did Alison have a complex relationship with in Chapter 16?
(a) John.
(b) Jack.
(c) Dagmar.
(d) Jessica.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the author's family's cleaning lady's name, who lived in Harlem?

2. What did the second person the author hitchhiked with dream of being?

3. What did the author blurt out to another person in Chapter 15?

4. What realization did the author wake up with in Chapter 12?

5. How old was the author in the trip he related back to in Chapter 14?

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