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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first person the author hitchhiked with in Chapter 11?
(a) A truck driver.
(b) A woman truck driver.
(c) A traveling salesman.
(d) A woman with a baby.

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

3. Where did Dagmar go in Chapter 11?
(a) Ft. Lauderdale.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Alaska.

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

5. Where was the author accepted to for college?
(a) Haverford College.
(b) Boston College.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) University of Virginia.

6. Who did the author encounter in Chapter 9?
(a) The mayor of Miami.
(b) A waitress.
(c) The mayor of New York.
(d) A corrupt policeman.

7. What was the name of the game the author created with his friends in Denmark?
(a) Hissyfit.
(b) Histery.
(c) Hysteria.
(d) Hyperbole.

8. What does the author describe at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) His trip out West.
(b) His voyage to Eurpoe.
(c) His voyage to Africa.
(d) His drive across America.

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

10. Who does the author mention being self-absorbed and self-dramatizing in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Casey.
(b) Dr. Williams.
(c) Mrs. Huggins.
(d) Dr. Case.

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

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

13. Where did the author attend school in Denmark?
(a) Elsinore High.
(b) The International Folk High Shcool of Elsinore.
(c) International Folk Academy.
(d) The Acadamy of Elsinore Art.

14. What did the author's mother do upon her return home in Chapter 13?
(a) Divorced Jean.
(b) Rid the apartment of Nell.
(c) Rid the apartment of its rank odor.
(d) Cleaned it.

15. What did the author blurt out to another person in Chapter 15?
(a) He was not first class.
(b) He was poor.
(c) He was not single.
(d) He had to use the bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the author's early morning job in Chapter 10?

5. What was the author habitually late for in Chapter 10?

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