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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. How long after John's son died, did Sydney die?
(a) 18 months.
(b) Within a year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 8 months.

2. When did John play a baseball game in Central Park that Albert described to Erwin?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1957.

3. When did Albert take a trip to Ireland with Sydney?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1966.

4. What did Albert learn shaped Bronwyn and made her strong?
(a) Dead mother.
(b) Drunkard father.
(c) Success of her father.
(d) Death of a friend.

5. When did Vik's father leave Mahuva?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1961.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Manny served in Vietnam, when was a Lieutenant Spitz killed standing atop sandbags?

2. Before Erica moved in, what radio station did Albert spend most of his afternoons listening to in his study?

3. How tall was John Caldwell?

4. Where was John's son christened?

5. How long did Tad drive an ambulance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Erwin learned about people and stories throughout the years, and how did he feel about being their confidante?

2. What did Fil find in her father's desk, and why was she upset?

3. How did Albert propose to help Erwin?

4. What does Hazel like to pretend about her husband at the end of Part 3, Chapter 25?

5. How did Sal Fumoso run films at the decommissioned Penn Yards YMCA?

6. At the end of Part 3, Chapter 23, why did John try to hide in the hospital lobby?

7. How was the snow described in Part 3, Chapter 16?

8. Where was Vikram Patel when John left the YMCA?

9. How did John feel about accepting anything from his father?

10. How did Vik spend the day of the blizzard?

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