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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of typewriter does Lonoff have?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Portable.
(c) None.
(d) Blue.

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

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

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

5. How long has Nathan let his father stew?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What publication writes a blurb about Nathan?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zuckerman think might be a good idea for a writer based on the reactions of the New York party-goers at the publishing party?

2. Why does Lonoff ask Zuckerman to call him Manny?

3. Why does Zuckerman contact Lonoff?

4. Why is Zuckerman skeptical of the party-goers' analysis of Lonoff?

5. What is surprising to Zuckerman about the typewriter in Lonoff's study?

6. What earlier connection does Zuckerman have to Judge Wapter?

7. What does Zuckerman tell Lonoff when he asks Zuckerman about his life in Chapter 1?

8. Describe the girl-woman Zuckerman sees at Lonoff's house in Chapter 1.

9. What does Zuckerman's father not like about the "Higher Education" story?

10. What response does Zuckerman get when he mentions Lonoff's name at a publishing party?

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