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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was significant about what the friend said who patronized him in Chapter 13?
(a) It was the first he heard of his mother's illness.
(b) It made him sick.
(c) It was the first he heard of his father's illness.
(d) It made him hit the friend.

2. 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.

3. Where was the author left, after his mother left in Chapter 11?
(a) At school.
(b) At home with Alison.
(c) Alone in Florida.
(d) Alone with Jean in their apartment.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did the author study in Chapter 10?

2. Who does the author mention being self-absorbed and self-dramatizing in Chapter 10?

3. What was the name of the person who moved in with the author after Dagmar left?

4. How did Jean plan to make money in Chapter 9?

5. Why was the author disappointed with the people he met at dinner in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the author attend school in Europe?

2. Where was the author going in Chapter 17?

3. Who was born in Chapter 11?

4. What did the author contemplate doing the summer they returned to New York in Chapter 9?

5. What did Dagmar do upon her return home from Denmark?

6. What was the author threatened with in Chapter 10?

7. What were the author's jobs when he was 16 years old living in Florida?

8. Describe the author's experience hitch-hiking.

9. What did the friend patronize the author about in Chapter 13?

10. What does the author describe at Chapter 10's conclusion?

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