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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action causes Irwin to be sent back home from Vietnam in a straitjacket, heavily sedated?
(a) He claims to be seeing ghosts of Vietnamese and American soldiers.
(b) He begins hitting himself.
(c) He is caught sneaking food to orphaned Vietnamese children.
(d) He attacks his captain with a tube of toothpaste.

2. What favor does Irwin ask of his family while he is in Vietnam?
(a) He asks them to adopt the baby he is expecting with Linda.
(b) He asks that they write him weekly and visit Linda in Seattle.
(c) He asks if Linda can move in with them.
(d) He asks them to pay for Linda's college.

3. Who is the mastermind of operation squeeze?
(a) Kincaid.
(b) Peter.
(c) Hugh.
(d) Elder Joon.

4. Whom does Hugh telegram for help when he realizes he will not be able to free Irwin on his own?
(a) Everett.
(b) Peter.
(c) Bull Durham.
(d) Laura.

5. Why have Irwin and Linda been unable to marry earlier in the novel?
(a) Laura forbade Irwin to marry.
(b) Irwin could not marry and keep his student elgibility.
(c) Linda was married to someone else.
(d) Linda needed parental permission.

6. Who injures Freddy's ear, which necessitates a minor surgery.
(a) Hugh.
(b) Elder Babcock.
(c) Mrs. Babcock.
(d) Laura.

7. What causes Everett to give up his baseball dream?
(a) Striking out four times in a play off opener.
(b) No colleges offer him a scholarship.
(c) Coach Bunnell tells him he isn't talented.
(d) Hugh tells him to pursue school instead.

8. Why does Everett miss the message about Irwin's wedding and draft into the army?
(a) He is at a week long sit-in.
(b) He does not have a phone.
(c) His roomate doesn't give him the message.
(d) He gets the message, but he forgets about it.

9. What is the name of the woman whom Kincaid falls in love with in Book Five?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Amy.
(c) Karen.
(d) Susy.

10. Who comes to take away Hugh's body?
(a) The fire department.
(b) The morgue.
(c) Uncle Marvin with his RV.
(d) The ambulance.

11. What event causes Everett to spiral into depression and misery in Book Five?
(a) Laura tells Everett she has never loved him, and she never will.
(b) Everett loses his job, house, and his car breaks down.
(c) Natasha leaves him.
(d) Irwin writes that he has lost his belief in God.

12. What nickname does Everett gain during his time at college?
(a) Hippie Einstein.
(b) Churchill Chance.
(c) Hippie Churchill.
(d) Megafarce.

13. What does Everett name the goat he tends to in Book Five?
(a) Artie.
(b) Booger.
(c) Demon.
(d) Monster.

14. When Peter goes to visit Everett in Seattle on his way back to Harvard, where do they meet?
(a) At the library.
(b) At the airport.
(c) At a concert.
(d) At a bar called Van Gogos.

15. Which country is the visiting preacher Kim Joon from in Book Five?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) China.
(c) Korea.
(d) Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town where Peter and T Bar seek help in India?

2. What does Peter major in at Harvard?

3. What is unique about Hugh's last pitch?

4. What is the name of the British man who facilitates the robbing of Peter in India?

5. Which family friend joins Irwin and Peter first in the woodstoves venture?

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