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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the reader infer after learning that Norman investigated Mrs. Madrigal's past?
(a) Norman is helpful.
(b) Norman is clever.
(c) Norman is a busy body.
(d) Norman is menacing.

2. From whom does Michael want to keep the contest he enters a secret?
(a) Norman.
(b) Mona.
(c) Jon.
(d) Mary Ann.

3. After Beauchamp comes home at four in the morning, DeDe goes for a walk and decides what?
(a) To continue her affair with Callas.
(b) To have the baby.
(c) To leave her husband.
(d) To take a trip with Binky.

4. During his dance for the contest, why does Michael become upset?
(a) Jon is there and looks disgusted.
(b) Michael trips over his foot and falls down.
(c) Michael realizes he does not dance well.
(d) Jon performs a dance for the contest too.

5. What gift for Norman is Mary Ann wrapping at her office?
(a) A bowtie.
(b) A bolero tie.
(c) A necktie.
(d) A belt.

6. When Mary Ann tells Michael that she is uneasy about Norman, what does Michael suggest?
(a) They should break into his apartment.
(b) They should tell Mrs. Madrigal.
(c) They should call the police.
(d) They should ask him to move out.

7. What assumption does DeDe make about how Carson Callas learns of her pregnancy?
(a) Beauchamp found out and told him.
(b) Binky cannot keep a secret.
(c) Carson is good at guessing.
(d) DeDe must already be showing.

8. Where does Brian meet D'orothea?
(a) At the nightclub during the contest.
(b) At the restaurant where he works.
(c) In the Barbary Lane courtyard.
(d) In Mona's apartment.

9. When she is at an affair with Beauchamp, to whom does DeDe confide that she is indeed pregnant?
(a) Mary Ann.
(b) Binky.
(c) Beauchamp.
(d) Lionel.

10. What does Mona tell D'orothea about Norman when they see him walking down the street?
(a) He is a rude neighbor.
(b) He is loud.
(c) He watches her.
(d) He ignores her.

11. When DeDe returns home after losing weight, what does Beauchamp tell her?
(a) The he has been working hard.
(b) That he has been spending time with Edgar.
(c) That he wants a divorce.
(d) That he is in love with Peter.

12. What does D'orothea tell Brian that she does for work?
(a) She owns a swimsuit company.
(b) She is a model.
(c) She owns a restaurant.
(d) She is an ad executive.

13. When Micheal's parents first arrive, what do they tease him about?
(a) Winning the dance contest.
(b) Mona moving out.
(c) Wearing a costume.
(d) Being a homosexual.

14. What is Michael's plan to earn some money?
(a) Getting a second job.
(b) Entering an underwear dance contest.
(c) Entering a hot dog eating contest.
(d) Pan-handling for money on the street.

15. When Jon ends his sexual relationship with Beauchamp at the restaurant, what does he tell him?
(a) That Jon is really in love with Michael.
(b) That DeDe is pregnant.
(c) That Beauchamp needs help with his impotence.
(d) That Jon is not really gay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Norman and Mary Ann kiss?

2. What does Norman Neal Williams tell Mary Ann he does for a job?

3. How are Candi and Cheryl related?

4. When Brian first invites Mary Ann to join him for a joint after her shift at the switchboard, how does she react?

5. In "The Beach Boys," Brian and Michael realize that they both want what?

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