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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Jordan to telekinetically ask if Jordy is going for a run?
(a) He did a little dance.
(b) He put his runners on.
(c) He was acting funny.
(d) He recognizes his routine.

2. What is the mood of the second half of the chapter "Yesterday Once More"?
(a) Analytical and contemplative.
(b) Sad and somber.
(c) Light and cheery.
(d) Angry and resentful.

3. In "We've Only Just Begun," what does Jordan gift Jordy?
(a) A handwritten letter.
(b) A bent magic wand.
(c) A velvet waistcoat.
(d) An Ouija board.

4. What perspective is "Talking to Myself and Feeling Old" told in?
(a) Second person.
(b) Omniscient third person.
(c) Limited third person.
(d) First person.

5. What does Jordy say that makes Jordan smile in "Yesterday Once More"?
(a) I will not.
(b) I love you.
(c) I do.
(d) I will never forget you.

6. Jordan's desire to view his death as an astronaut's journey instead of a harsh end is an example of what?
(a) Epigraph.
(b) Anachronism.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Euphemism.

7. In "We've Only Just Begun," what do Naomi and Marielle mock Craig for?
(a) His weird swim shorts.
(b) His hairiness.
(c) His bad attitude.
(d) His balding head.

8. Alec believed the Harmonic Convergence does what?
(a) Is a reason to stay alive until it is over.
(b) Shifts energy from warlike to peaceful.
(c) Is a chance to be reborn.
(d) Represents the end of the modern world.

9. What was Alec's biggest insecurity?
(a) That his relationships would not last.
(b) Not being worthy of attention.
(c) That he was going to die young.
(d) His forehead.

10. The line: "Marielle rubbed her legs together like a cricket" is an example of what?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Simile.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Dissonance.

11. Where did Jordy learn CPR?
(a) At his elementary school.
(b) While working in a bar.
(c) While lifeguarding.
(d) During one of his university classes.

12. Why did the Jordans' client's season flop in "Talking to Myself and Feeling Old"?
(a) Poor acting.
(b) Not enough crew.
(c) Lack of diversity.
(d) Insufficient marketing.

13. What literary device is this an example of: "Jordan's legs were Jell-O" (27)?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Dramatic Irony.

14. Who does Naomi look like in her old age?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

15. In "We've Only Just Begun," why do the friends decide to not get a bench?
(a) They want to get him a tree instead.
(b) It is too Courtney Cox.
(c) It is too Courtney Love.
(d) Alec despised the theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the most skeptical of the Ouija Board?

2. Who does Elaine de Kooning paint a portrait of?

3. Marielle's statement that Mia did not have Max's features is an example of what?

4. Whose family owns a restaurant in Big Sur?

5. Who found Alec's dead body first?

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