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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color Land Cruiser did Jane Vornado drive in 1978?
(a) Sky-blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Silver.
(d) Mint-green.

2. Who did Erwin want to call about Hazel's head injury?
(a) Foreman.
(b) Nachtman.
(c) Jane Vornado.
(d) Williams.

3. Where was Turk's father sent when he was packed off to an institution?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Berkshires.
(c) Pennhurst.
(d) Cambridge.

4. How many brothers did Sarah have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. In Part 2, Chapter 12, about how many residents of Apelles ordered from Grand Szechuan on Friday nights?
(a) Fully half.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) About a third.
(d) A quarter.

6. When Erwin burned the fish, when was the lst time that he had accompanied the elevator inspectors on their twice-yearly inspections?
(a) October 30, 1977.
(b) September 17, 1977.
(c) August 9, 1977.
(d) July 21, 1977.

7. What instrument was playing on a record Bo played after Hazel went to bed in Part 2, Chapter 8?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Cello.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Piano.

8. What talk show did Erwin remember that he went on to promote his book that became a bestseller?
(a) Mike Douglas.
(b) Merv Griffin.
(c) Dick Cavett.
(d) Johnny Carson.

9. What color blanket covered Hazel in Part 2, Chapter 9?
(a) White.
(b) Gray.
(c) Cream.
(d) Blue.

10. In Part 1, Chapter 3, when did Albert Caldwell remember trying a case in Germany?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1940s.

11. How long did it take Lee Warshaw to recuperate after he was rescued from the desert island?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 8 months.

12. When did Albert Caldwell graduate from Harvard?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1926.

13. Where did a plane that Lee Warshaw was flying on with his firm's executive suite go down?
(a) Atlantic Ocean.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Pacific Ocean.
(d) Caribbean.

14. Who painted the painting in the Vornado's apartment foyer?
(a) Elaine de Kooning.
(b) Helen Frankenthaler.
(c) Lee Krasner.
(d) Joan Mitchell.

15. Where did Tanawat Kongkatitum study?
(a) New York University.
(b) Yale.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Havard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sarah dreaming of at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 10?

2. How long was Lee Warshaw on an island after his plane crashed?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 3, who did Albert remember scratching his head while he watched dust devils?

4. How old was Hazel when she first read The Blizzard Party?

5. When Erwin lived in an apartment before he met Sarah, what language did the landlord's mother speak?

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