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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many questions for Nathan are included with the letter?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

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

7. What kind of validation does Nathan want from Lonoff?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Monetary.
(c) Patriarchal.
(d) Matriarchal.

8. What does Nathan want from Lonoff in Chapter 1?
(a) Money.
(b) Publishing rights.
(c) Moral sponsorship.
(d) A place to stay.

9. What are the watercolor paintings in the living room of?
(a) A dog.
(b) Family.
(c) The ocean.
(d) An old farmhouse.

10. To what animal does Nathan's father compare Sidney?
(a) An ape.
(b) A dog.
(c) A duck.
(d) A horse.

11. What does Chaya mean?
(a) Death.
(b) Money.
(c) Life.
(d) Heartache.

12. Who does Teddy tell Nathan's father that Nathan does not like?
(a) Jews.
(b) Actors.
(c) Catholics.
(d) Judges.

13. What does Betsy do for her art?
(a) Singing.
(b) Writing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Ballerina.

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

15. Who does Nathan's father seek out for advice on Nathan's short story?
(a) Judge Wapter.
(b) Lonoff.
(c) Mayor Ellenstein.
(d) Rabbi Prinz.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the quote in Lonoff's study, "the rest is the madness of" what?

2. Nathan's girlfriend characterizes his apartment as the home of what?

3. What month does the narrator reference in the opening of Chapter 1?

4. How long have Nathan and his father not been speaking in Chapter 1?

5. Where do some people think Lonoff was writing from?

(see the answer keys)

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