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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Hope's Moscow, according to Lonoff?
(a) Boston.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Chicago.

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

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

5. What does Nathan's family eat at Sunday brunch?
(a) Ham and beans.
(b) Smoked fish and potatoes.
(c) Warm rolls and turkey.
(d) Smoked fish and warm rolls.

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

7. Who writes a letter to Nathan at Quahsay?
(a) Judge Wapter.
(b) Amy.
(c) Hope Lonoff.
(d) His mother.

8. What job does Nathan do three days a week?
(a) Sell vacuum cleaners.
(b) Sell magazine subscriptions.
(c) Sell lawn care services.
(d) Sell self-help books.

9. What does Amy call Lonoff?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Mr. Lonoff.
(c) Father.
(d) Dad-da.

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

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

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

13. How is Nathan getting to New York from his parents' house?
(a) Bus.
(b) Car.
(c) Plane.
(d) Train.

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

15. To what animal does Nathan compare his parents?
(a) Fish.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nathan's father's moral mentor?

2. How old was Amy when she wrote to Lonoff?

3. What is playing in Hope's kitchen?

4. What book contains the only photograph of Lonoff?

5. How many drafts of one short story does Amy find?

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