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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 learn about his mother as he was writing his entrance exams for college?
(a) She was in a mental hospital.
(b) She was divorcing Jean.
(c) She was pregnant again.
(d) She had cancer.

2. What happened in Chapters 9 and 10 that presented the component of disillusionment?
(a) The author questions why he feels the way he does.
(b) The author was late to school.
(c) The author's motivation from sexual desire.
(d) The encounter with the corrupt policeman.

3. What does the metaphor of multiple floors in his school suggest?
(a) School took him away from life.
(b) The higher the class was in the building, the harder the information would be.
(c) The higher the class was in the builing, the less relevant it would be to his life.
(d) School brought meaning to his life.

4. Where did the author work in Chapter 15?
(a) The Electric Field.
(b) The Electric Elephant Cafe.
(c) The Electro Research Company.
(d) The Electro Magenetic Cafe.

5. What did the second person the author hitchhiked with dream of being?
(a) An opera singer.
(b) A writer.
(c) A dancer.
(d) A teacher.

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

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

8. After Dagmar left, who moved in with the author?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) Another child.
(d) A thin, nervous young woman.

9. How did the author charm the people he met at dinner in Chapter 15?
(a) With his wit and his piano playing.
(b) With his guitar playing.
(c) With his good looks.
(d) With his money.

10. Who was the author's telegram from in Chapter 15?
(a) "Mom".
(b) Jean.
(c) Alison.
(d) Jessica.

11. What were the author's two short-lived jobs in the visit he described in Chapter 14?
(a) Waiter and bowling alley.
(b) Waiter and cabana boy.
(c) Movie theater and bowling alley.
(d) Movie theater and waiter.

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

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

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

15. What transformation did Dagmar go through in Chapter 11?
(a) Happy to sad.
(b) Emotional breast-feeder to practical bottle-feeder.
(c) Not pregnant to pregnant.
(d) Selfish to selfless.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the author describe his coworker Jimmy?

3. Who did the author encounter in Chapter 9?

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

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

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