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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. In Part 3, Chapter 20, what time did Vik leave to go to the bank?
(a) Around 3 p.m.
(b) 2:30 p.m.
(c) Not yet 4 p.m.
(d) 1:30 p.m.

2. Where did Albert's son-in-law Tad play football?
(a) Ohio.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

3. How long did Tad drive an ambulance?
(a) A few semesters.
(b) 20 months.
(c) A couple summers.
(d) 2 years.

4. When did Albert take a ship to England and have an affair with a married woman?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1931.

5. Where did the night crew of the Apelles live?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Bronx.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the girl who worked for Albert before he fired her?

2. When did John's son die?

3. What did Erwin do for Albert when they would meet weekly?

4. What movie did John watch at the YMCA?

5. How old was Erica, the girl who looked after Albert?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How had John struggled in diction class at Julliard?

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

4. How had Albert relied on logic throughout his life?

5. Who was Tracy married to and what type of guy did John think he was?

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

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

8. Where did John Caldwell work in 1978, and what job did he really want?

9. How did Manny remember that a man named Lieutenant Spitz died when he was in Vietnam?

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

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