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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 was the first Christmas tree jettisoned from a balcony at the Apelles by a freshly discharged Army Air Corps lieutenant?
(a) New Year's 1946.
(b) New Year's 1948.
(c) New Year's 1947.
(d) New Year's 1949.

2. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 9, what did Hazel see Jane doing?
(a) Planting bulbs.
(b) Drinking coffee.
(c) Taking a walk.
(d) Pushing a wheelbarrow.

3. When was the party that took place during a blizzard?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1974.

4. When did Magda Brunn die?
(a) December 4, 1960.
(b) December 18, 1960.
(c) December 12, 1960.
(d) December 27, 1960.

5. What motels were on a tongue of land at the far eastern end of Long Island in 1978?
(a) Beacon and Arthouse.
(b) Ronjo and Memory.
(c) Sanctuary and Iroquis.
(d) Kixby and Stewart.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 12, how old is Turk?

2. How old was Vikram when he met Albert Caldwell?

3. What color cat was Slade?

4. Where was Turk's father sent when he was packed off to an institution?

5. Where did Vik put Albert when he went off to find someone who knew him in Part 1, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was the novel The Blizzard Party published, and how was it received?

2. Why did Shahin tell Bo to avoid looking at Iran for profit, and where did he suggest Bo find profit instead?

3. What did Hazel's family take when they went to Montauk to visit the Vornados?

4. How did Erwin feel after being on Bo's boat for five minutes?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 2, where did Vikram leave Albert Caldwell?

6. What did Erwin cook the night of the blizzard party, and what problem did he encounter?

7. How and where did Hazel sleep at the Vornado's Montauk house?

8. In the present, how do most of Turk and Hazel's complications play out?

9. What did Sarah Saltwater consider about the tendency of people to speak the most on subjects they knew the least about?

10. What did Albert do at the end of Part 1, Chapter 3?

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