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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What award did Lonoff's sixth book win?
(a) Caldecott Award.
(b) Newberry Award.
(c) Pulitzer Prize.
(d) National Book Award.

2. How old was Amy when she wrote to Lonoff?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 17.

3. What do the college boys call the overseer?
(a) Moses' Moses.
(b) God's Moses.
(c) Mammon's Moses.
(d) Jesus' Moses.

4. Who calls Nathan at Quahsay?
(a) His father.
(b) Lonoff.
(c) His mother.
(d) Judge Wapter.

5. Why does Lonoff have different colored paper on his desk?
(a) He doesn't.
(b) For different stories.
(c) For different drafts.
(d) For different subjects.

6. Who is the overseer at Nathan's day job?
(a) Amy.
(b) McElroy.
(c) Hope.
(d) Lonoff.

7. Where did Nathan get accepted to spend the winter months when he was younger?
(a) Quahsay Colony.
(b) Church camp.
(c) Mormon camp.
(d) Amish colony.

8. Who is Meema Chaya?
(a) Nathan's great-aunt.
(b) Nathan's grandmother.
(c) Nathan's aunt.
(d) Nathan's cousin.

9. How does Nathan want his parents to feel about him when he sends them the story?
(a) Proud.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Jealous.

10. Where does the narrator live?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Lower Broadway.
(d) Long Island.

11. Where does Lonoff offer to let Nathan sleep?
(a) The master bedroom.
(b) The den.
(c) The study.
(d) The car.

12. How old is the house, according to the narrator, in Chapter 1?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 400 years.
(c) 300 years.
(d) 200 years.

13. Who can play Chopin well?
(a) Hope.
(b) Betsy.
(c) Amy.
(d) Lonoff.

14. How many daughters does Lonoff have?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

15. What poet does Chopin's work get compared to in Lonoff's study?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Byron.
(d) Keats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nathan's father contact for help in getting to a higher person for advice about Nathan's story?

2. Which branch of the military did the narrator serve in?

3. What does Nathan want from Lonoff in Chapter 1?

4. What is Hope's Moscow, according to Lonoff?

5. What do Lonoff's friends call him?

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