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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the metaphor of multiple floors in his school suggest?

3. What were the author's two short-lived jobs in the visit he described in Chapter 14?

4. Who was born at the beginning of Chapter 11?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happened between Jean and Dagmar while the author was in Europe.

2. Where did Dagmar go in Chapter 11?

3. Where was the author going in Chapter 17?

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

5. Where did the author travel during the spring, and what did he find out there in Chapter 19?

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

7. What was the latest money making idea Jean had in Chapter 9?

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

9. What did Jean do to try and get Dagmar back?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss how the author's friendship with Tobey in their adolescence to their teenage years changes, and discuss what happened to bring about this change.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the events and descriptions of Conroy's memories are an example of a "coming of age" story.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the scene with the elevator breakdown to Alison's emotional and mental instability.

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