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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What college are the twins supposed to graduate from in Nathan's story?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Athene College.
(c) Rutgers.
(d) University of Chicago.

2. What does Nathan stare at, in Lonoff's study?
(a) His bed.
(b) His desk.
(c) His bench.
(d) The wall.

3. What battleship was Sidney on, according to Nathan's story?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Alaska.

4. Who writes a college admissions letter for Nathan?
(a) Judge Wapter.
(b) Lonoff.
(c) Teddy.
(d) Doctor Zuckerman.

5. What is Nathan's father's occupation?
(a) Judge.
(b) Writer.
(c) Foot doctor.
(d) Artist.

6. What does Lonoff say he turns all day?
(a) Instruments.
(b) Words.
(c) Records.
(d) Sentences.

7. What do Nathan's parents listen to on the radio on Sundays?
(a) Classical music.
(b) The Newark Sunday papers.
(c) The Eternal Light.
(d) Church services.

8. Where is Judge Wapter's wife from?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) North Dakota.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) South Dakota.

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

10. Where did the narrator grow up?
(a) Coney Island.
(b) New York.
(c) Newark.
(d) Trenton.

11. Who is the city's first Jewish mayor?
(a) Meyer Ellenstein.
(b) Doctor Zuckerman.
(c) E.I. Lonoff.
(d) Leopold Wapter.

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

13. How old is the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 23.
(b) 25.
(c) 22.
(d) 26.

14. How many times does Nathan read "The Middle Years"?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

15. What is playing in Hope's kitchen?
(a) A CD player.
(b) A tape player.
(c) A Mixmaster.
(d) A phonograph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the overseer at Nathan's day job?

2. What is the subject of the paper Nathan takes with him on his interview?

3. What coursework is Nathan's brother completing?

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

5. What school does Lonoff teach at?

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