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

2. What did the friend from school patronize the author about at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) That his father was going to die from cancer.
(b) That his mom was going to die.
(c) That his mom did not love him.
(d) That he was fat.

3. 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 had cancer.
(c) She was pregnant again.
(d) She was divorcing Jean.

4. In what season did Chapter 9 take place?
(a) Sping.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

5. What realization did the author wake up with in Chapter 12?
(a) That he was unhappy and needed to find his happiness.
(b) That he must go home so he could see Alison again.
(c) That he must get a job.
(d) That he must go home so he could see Jessica again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the author see at his early morning job on the particular day described in Chapter 10?

2. Where was the author accepted to for college?

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

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

5. What does the author describe at the beginning of Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Dagmar go in Chapter 11?

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

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

5. Why did the author avoid going home for dinner after school in Chapter 13?

6. How does the author's acceptance seal his "coming of age" story?

7. Where was the author going in Chapter 17?

8. Where does the author describe working in Chapter 15?

9. Who did the author meet on the boat in Chapter 17?

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

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