Straight Man Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 175 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Straight Man Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gracie's last name?
(a) Angelou.
(b) Delancey.
(c) Daniels.
(d) DuBois.

2. Hank decides he has to leave his racquetball partner's house and go home. What physical problem is Hank experiencing as he heads home?
(a) His nose starts to run.
(b) He has a throbbing headache.
(c) He is having trouble urinating.
(d) His ankle hurts.

3. As Hank watches the television crew, his hands tingle and he needs to urinate. What does he take these symptoms to mean?
(a) That he should throw his career aside and live in the woods.
(b) That he should start writing again.
(c) That his father is in the neighborhood.
(d) That he has diabetes.

4. After meeting with Dickie Pope, Hank goes to see Bodie Pie. What is her position at the college?
(a) Head of the French Department.
(b) Head of Women's Studies.
(c) Head of Fine Arts.
(d) Head of Social Sciences.

5. After seeing the television crew on campus for a second time, Hank returns to his office. What does his secretary tell him about his daughter?
(a) That she is in the hospital.
(b) That her husband has accepted a job in Denver.
(c) She is waiting for him outside.
(d) That she called and has been crying.

6. When Hank goes to deal with his daughter's issue, and sees her, what does he notice about her?
(a) She has a black eye.
(b) She is crying hysterically.
(c) She looks happier than she has in months.
(d) She is pregnant.

7. What does Dickie Pope advise Hank to do?
(a) Make a list of staff in his department that are expendable.
(b) Take an available position in another department.
(c) Sue the dean.
(d) Blow everything open by going to the news media.

8. After Hank meets with Dickie Pope, what colleague tells him that he will vote for having Hank recalled as chair of the department if Hank doesn't do as he wishes?
(a) Paul Rourke.
(b) Roy Williams.
(c) Gerald DuBois.
(d) Billy Quigley.

9. What is Hank's full name?
(a) Henry William Devereaux, Sr.
(b) William Hank Baines.
(c) Henry Williams.
(d) William Henry Devereaux, Jr.

10. What does Leo aspire to be?
(a) A writer.
(b) A professor.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A millionaire.

11. What does Campbell Wheemer ask Hank advice about?
(a) Buying a house.
(b) Teaching methods.
(c) Where he can find a good mechanic.
(d) Investing in stocks.

12. What is the name of the television news reporter who narrates the segment that Hank is in?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Michelle.
(c) Missy.
(d) Mandy.

13. Bodie wants to know about Hank's meeting with Dickie Pope. What does she advise him to do?
(a) To stay on the side of the teacher's union.
(b) To make the college a female-only institution.
(c) To support a teacher walkout.
(d) To stay on the side of the administration.

14. What can be said about Hank's childhood?
(a) He was one of five children.
(b) He never knew his father.
(c) He moved frequently.
(d) He was sickly.

15. What is the nickname Hank has given to one the geese near the new center?
(a) Freddy.
(b) Fatty.
(c) Finny.
(d) Fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bodie tells Hank that she is being informed by someone who should watch his back. Who is this individual?

2. What nickname does Hank's mother give him as a child?

3. How did Hank try to convince his parents to get a dog?

4. Why does Dickie Pope think Hank should do as he is advising?

5. What did Hank's father become famous for?

(see the answer keys)

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