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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. When Mac is a child, what is he afraid of?
(a) Bullies.
(b) Disease.
(c) Bats.
(d) Poverty.

2. When Mac is waiting to hop a freight train, whom does he meet?
(a) A child.
(b) An old man.
(c) A priest.
(d) A young woman.

3. What does Fainy discover about his new employer right away when he enters the tailor shop?
(a) He is a bad tailor.
(b) He spends a lot.
(c) He is a great tailor.
(d) He is in debt.

4. In the Camera Eye, who tries to catch a train?
(a) Dos Passos and Lucy.
(b) Milly and Chad.
(c) Harrison and Fainy.
(d) Scott and Mac.

5. Where was Moorehouse a top salesman?
(a) A cell phone company.
(b) A shoe company.
(c) A software company.
(d) A book distributing firm.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mac stays at a Y.M.C.A., where does he lock his money?

2. Where does the train bound for San Francisco take Ike and Fainy?

3. Whose death forces Mac's family to move to Chicago?

4. Who tries to sell books and pamphlets to men inside the railroad cars?

5. Where does Janey like to go with her brother and his friends canoeing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Fainy and Bingham ride the train to Michigan?

2. What occurs at Mrs. Kovach's house when Fainy and Bingham spend the night?

3. What does Johnny do for work, and why does he move to Ocean City?

4. What happens on the train ride to Chicago that Mac takes?

5. What happens at the theater? What does Mac do?

6. Where does Janey work in Washington DC? What knowledge does she acquire?

7. Describe Janey.

8. What kind of personality does Janey have?

9. What could Maisie have done to keep Mac in Los Angeles with her?

10. Describe Mac's life as a child.

(see the answer keys)

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