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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. Where does Nathan go to be interviewed for his college admissions letter?
(a) Essex County Courthouse.
(b) Police station.
(c) His uncle's house.
(d) University of Chicago.

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

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

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

5. Who does Nathan try to write a letter to in Lonoff's study?
(a) His father.
(b) Lonoff.
(c) Betsy.
(d) Amy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Nathan want his parents to feel about him when he sends them the story?

3. How long was Lonoff in New York?

4. Where does the narrator go at the beginning of the book?

5. What battleship was Sidney on, according to Nathan's story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Zuckerman say he stays up in Lonoff's study?

2. Why does Zuckerman's mother call Quahsay?

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

4. Describe the man Nathan Zuckerman meets in the beginning of Chapter 1.

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

6. How does the trouble between Zuckerman and his father begin, according to Zuckerman in Chapter 2?

7. What is pinned to the bulletin board in Lonoff's office?

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

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

10. Why do the Wapters include a list of questions in their response to Zuckerman's "Higher Education" story?

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